Here are 9 Kenyans seeking to oust Uhuru on August 8

Here are 9 Kenyans seeking to oust Uhuru on August 8

With 91 days left to the election, political battle lines have been drawn and candidates are traversing the country drumming up support for their bids.

One race that Kenyans are training their eyes on is the rematch between President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Though some pundits have declared the August 8 General Election a two-horse race, 8 other candidates have also declared their interest in the seat.

Below is the list of the 2017 presidential candidates:

  1. Professor Michael Wainaina – PhD – Independent Presidential Candidate

2.Peter Ondeng – Restore and Build Kenya Party

  1. Abduba Dida – Tunza Coalition

4.Kennedy Mong’are – Federal Party of Kenya

  1. Ekuru Aukot – Thirdway Alliance Party
  2. Joe Nyagah – Independent Presidential Candidate
  3. Nazlin Omar – Independent Presidential Candidate

8.Cyrus Jirongo- UDP Party

9.Uhuru Kenyatta-Jubilee Party

10.Raila Amolo Odinga –NASA

Hundreds of aspirants who lost out in the recent party primaries flocked the office of Registrar of Political Parties Monday, to beat the deadline and to clear their names to vie as Independents.

Among them are 27 gubernatorial candidates, 30 senatorial aspirants, 215 member of parliament candidates, 13 Woman Representative candidates and 1659 member of county assemblies candidates.

The aspirants had earlier demanded for an extension of the registration deadline to ensure they are all cleared to vie as independents for Governorship, Parliamentary and Member of County Assembly seats.

IEBC had earlier on announced the May 4, 2017 deadline for aspirants to submit their application forms to contest for political offices to allow for processing of their details before the May 8, 2017 deadline.

IEBC further indicated that the aspirants must obtain clearance from the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties that requires the independent candidate not to be a member of any party at least three months to the General Election.

While quoting the Elections Act 2011, Section 32 and 33, the IEBC further indicated that the aspirants should submit a symbol that does not resemble that of a registered political party before May 8, 2017.

The commission will thereafter gazette the names and the symbols of the independent candidates by May 13, 2017

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