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Monday, March 29, 2010

Ghost Political parties and Leaders

One may be forgiven to imagine that our country, Kenya, is one of the most democratic states due to proliferation of political parties, particularly as the general election approaches. However, the truth is that this is a deceptive façade that seems to have been crafted over the years by political players who have taken advantage of the lack of regulation for political parties which makes them masquerade as bona fide elected leaders when the opposite is true. Hypothetically, you may find an MP who has been elected to parliament with 50,000 votes in a constituency of 120,000 registered voters but strangely, his sponsoring political party with only 10,000 registered members! If this is not outright case of misrepresentation, then I wonder what is. Under normal circumstances, the said MP should not have got more than 10,000 votes and the balance of 40,000 should be treated as ghost votes and results declared null and void. The matter gets even more complicated when he gets a position in the House Business Committee through sponsorship by his party and thereby participating fully to lay down rules that govern the conduct of parliament during that session. I guess, as citizens, we should demand, as a minimum, that we have political parties with structures to enable them elect party leaders before we accept to participate in general elections where they are candidates.

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