Hitches at ODM nominations in Coastal counties

Hitches have hit the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) primaries slated for Saturday, April 22 morning in four coastal counties.

Among those caught up in the confusion is former journalist Mohamed Ali who is seeking the Nyali Parliamentary seat with his name missing from the party register at Mlaleo Primary School.

Ali is now demanding the nomination process be stopped until the anomaly is corrected as he cannot cast his ballot further alleging a ploy by his opponents to rig him out of the primaries.

In Tana River County, there were delays in the delivery of the voting material.

Voters were on queue since 5:00 am only for the ballot and boxes to arrive at around 11:00 am.

The delay in start of voting has also been reported in most parts of Kwale County, with ballot papers and boxes yet to arrive at polling stations, with voters who arrived since 6:00 am being agitated by the delays.