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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Jubilee Party is preparing for a showdown with ODM after announcing that it will be fielding a candidate in the Bonchari Constituency by-election.<\/p>\n

Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju unveiled former Bonchari Member of Parliament Zebedeo Opore as the party\u2019s choice in the coming election.<\/p>\n

Other Jubilee candidates who were announced include\u00a0Abdul Yusuf\u00a0(Garissa) and the late MP Francis Waititu\u2019s widow Susan Waititu (Juja).<\/p>\n

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Jubilee Secretary-General Raphael Tuju at a press conference outside the party headquarters in Pangani, Nairobi in August 2020<\/div>\n
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The ruling party is angling for the Juja and Garissa candidates to be elected unopposed.<\/p>\n

Jubilee Vice Chair David Murathe noted that unlike in recent by-elections where the party withdrew participation in respect for ODM, they were ready for a showdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose asking why we are competing with ODM despite the handshake should know that the late MP was not from ODM, so there is nothing wrong with the decision. Our candidate was the 2nd runners up in the 2017 election, and he should be given a chance,\u201d Murathe explained.<\/p>\n

He added that the decision to field a candidate in Bonchari does not, in any way, affect partnership with ODM.<\/p>\n

ODM picked former Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) Director General\u00a0Pavel Oimeke to fly the party’s flag.<\/p>\n

This will be the first time the two parties will be going head-to-head since the hotly contested Kibra by-election in which ODM carried the day.<\/p>\n

Eyes will also be on Deputy William Ruto\u2019s candidate the late Bonchari MP John Oyioka\u2019s widow Teresa Bitutu who will fly the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) flag.<\/p>\n

People Democratic Party (PDP) on which the deceased was elected will not be fielding a candidate.<\/p>\n

Party leader Omingo Magara said UDA and People Democratic Party (PDP) had agreed to support the widow since the MP belonged to the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: The Jubilee Party is preparing for a showdown with ODM after announcing that it will be fielding a candidate in the Bonchari Constituency by-election. Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju unveiled former Bonchari Member of Parliament Zebedeo Opore as the party\u2019s choice in the coming election. Other Jubilee candidates who were announced include\u00a0Abdul Yusuf\u00a0(Garissa) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":24718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10],"tags":[7684,446,564],"class_list":["post-24725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","tag-by-election","tag-jubilee-party","tag-odm"],"yoast_head":"\nJubilee, ODM to Face-off in Key By-Election - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Jubilee Party is preparing for a showdown with ODM after announcing that it will be fielding a candidate in the Bonchari\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/jubilee-odm-to-face-off-in-key-by-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jubilee, ODM to Face-off in Key By-Election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Jubilee Party is preparing for a showdown with ODM after announcing that it will be fielding a candidate in the Bonchari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/jubilee-odm-to-face-off-in-key-by-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-24T19:10:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/03\/Raila-Uhuru.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"235\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/jubilee-odm-to-face-off-in-key-by-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/jubilee-odm-to-face-off-in-key-by-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Jubilee, ODM to Face-off in Key By-Election\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-24T19:10:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/jubilee-odm-to-face-off-in-key-by-election\"},\"wordCount\":314,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/jubilee-odm-to-face-off-in-key-by-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/03\/Raila-Uhuru.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"By-election\",\"Jubilee Party\",\"ODM\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/jubilee-odm-to-face-off-in-key-by-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/jubilee-odm-to-face-off-in-key-by-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/jubilee-odm-to-face-off-in-key-by-election\",\"name\":\"Jubilee, ODM to Face-off in Key By-Election - 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