Kamanda, Mwaura among Jubilee Party losers listed for nomination to Parliament

Losers in the Jubilee Party primaries have been listed for possible nomination to the 12th Parliament.

They include Nominated MP Isaac Mwaura, Starehe MP Maina Kamanda and Runyenjes legislator Cecily Mbarire.

There are 12 seats up for grabs in the National Assembly and 20 in the Senate.

Parties are allocated the seats depending on the number of elected MPs that they get at the general elections.

Mwaura is serving in the 11th Parliament after he was nominated by the ODM party in 2013. He, however, defected from ODM last year.

Mwaura was defeated by Simon King'ara in the Jubilee primaries for Ruiru in April.

Read: Isaac Mwaura concedes defeat in Ruiru Jubilee MP polls

Kamanda lost at the primaries to Charles Njagua.

Also on the list released by Jubilee Party on Thursday is President Uhuru Kenyatta'scousin Beth Mugo who is to be nominated to the Senate.

She is currently serving as a nominated Senator courtesy of TNA on whose ticket Uhuru was elected on in 2013.

Mbarire is also among those on the list after she lost the Jubilee primaries in the Embu Governor race.

Nominees on the list shall be a person to represent a youth and person with a disability and a worker and any other special interest group identified by the party – one nominee cannot represent more than one special interest.

In order to meet the requirement on regional diversity, the regulations say not more than two nominees in the party list shall be from the same county.

In a scenario where two of the nominees are from the same county, they shall not immediately follow each other on the list.

The list has been submitted to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for nomination to the National Assembly.

The nominees include;

National Assembly

1. Jenniffer Shamalla
2. Bishop Kosgei
3. Faith Waigwa
4. Aden Noor
5. Sandra Odhiambo
6. Maina Kamanda
7. Cecily Mbarire
8. David Ole Sankok
9. Hadima Yusuf
10. Gedion Keter

Senate

Women

1. Mary Seneta
2. Naomi Jillo Waqo
3. Caroline Daudi
4. Veronica Maina
5. Millicent Omanga
6. Beth Mugo
7. Alice Milgo
8. Caroline Chilago
9. Winnie Guchu
10. Falhada Dekow Iman

People with disability

1. Isaac Mwaura
2. Joyce Moding

Youths

1. Prengei Victor
2. Wambui Nyutu

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