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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Rival factions in various political parties could face off early next year, as new rules allowing virtual elections take effect.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu said there were plans to implement a new set of regulations that would allow political parties to continue with their statutory activities.<\/p>\n

The new rules would allow parties to hold virtual National Delegates Conference (NDC), National Governing Council (NGC) and National Executive Council (NEC) meetings.<\/p>\n

The move implies that political parties that put off their party primaries because of Covid-19 would be compelled to carry out party primaries.<\/p>\n

Nderitu said some political parties had resorted to using the pandemic as an excuse not to comply with the requirements of running party activities.<\/p>\n

Statutory meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking into ways where NDC and NEC meetings done virtually are recognised, so that statutory meetings that make parties compliant can go on,\u201d said Nderitu.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn January next year, we shall be engaging political parties on holding statutory meetings online. We shall agree on what constitutes a valid meeting for NDC and NEC so that we don\u2019t have parties telling us that \u2018we shall comply after Covid-19′.”<\/p>\n

She was speaking during the launch of protocols on Covid-19 and the conduct of political parties by the Centre for Multiparty Democracy.<\/p>\n

The ruling Jubilee Party has been rocked by wrangles pitting allies of President Uhuru Kenyatta against backers of Deputy President William Ruto.<\/p>\n

Ruto\u2019s side has been pushing for elections of party officials after the term of the current office bearers elapsed. But the party has been citing the Covid-19 pandemic as a reason for not holding the elections.<\/p>\n

There are similar wrangles in Ford Kenya following an attempt to topple party leader Moses Wetang\u00fala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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