Jubilee sets apart Nairobi primaries for Monday

By: OLIVE BURROWS 1 min read
The National Executive Committee in a meeting in March when it appointed Raphael Tuju Secretary General/COURTESY

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 20 — Jubilee party primaries in Nairobi will now be held on Monday in consideration of the Muslim community who attend prayers on Friday.

Announcing the change, Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju said the decision to push the county’s primaries forward was taken by the National Executive Committee in consultation with the National Elections Board in response to what he described as “major representations” from the Muslim community.

There is however no indication of a change in Kiambu, Meru, Kirinyaga or any of the other 17 other counties where primaries are scheduled for Friday.

On Wednesday, the National Elections Board Chairman Andrew Musangi announced that the primaries would be held on Friday and Tuesday and now Monday.

OLIVE BURROWS

OLIVE BURROWS

With a decade of storytelling under her belt, Olive Burrows has been with Capital FM for the last four years and perhaps most notably interviewed US President Barack Obama. Committed to asking the hard questions and telling the story in the most engaging way possible, she has also interviewed Melinda Gates, a UK Minister and severally had the opportunity to sit across from President Uhuru Kenyatta and address the pressing issues of the day. Other notables she has had occasion to seek answers from are UN Secretary General António Guterres and John Kerry in his time as US Secretary of State.