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Author:\u00a0JUDAH BEN-HUR<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Jubilee Party is not fielding a candidate for the Msambweni by-election, its Secretary Genereal Raphael Tuju has announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the unprecedented corporation between jubilee and\u00a0ODM\u00a0in the parliament in the recent past on matter of national importance and given that is was an ODM seat, the decision has been made that Jubilee will not field a candidate in the interest of the bigger picture,\u201d read a statement from the ruling party and signed by Mr Tuju.<\/p>\n

Barely an hour after Mr Tuju made the announcement,\u00a0Deputy President William Ruto\u00a0drove to the party\u2019s Ngara headquarters for a meeting with Mr Tuju which was still on by the time this story was posted.<\/p>\n

The decision comes two days after Chief Justice David Maraga\u2019s advisory to the president to dissolve parliament, which Mr Tuju cited in the statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision not to engage in the contest is informed by the facts prevailing at the moment when we face challenges like the recent advisory by the Chief Justice,\u201d read the statement,<\/p>\n

It also added that, \u201cThe country has very serious constitutional matters to deal with that will require sobriety and reaching across the political divides in order to navigate our beloved country across some of these challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IEBC has set December 15 as the election date after the initially intended June by-election that was halted with the unprecedented effects of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

The Msambweni seat\u00a0was left vacant after the death of area MP Suleiman Dori.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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