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SAMUEL KALII KIMINZA
V.
JUBILEE PARTY & ANOTHER

(2017) JELR 95343 (CA)

Court of Appeal 16 Jun 2017 Kenya
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Suit Number:Civil Appeal 157 of 2017
Judges:Paul Kihara Kariuki, Agnes Kalekye Murgor, Stephen Gatembu Kairu
Location:Nairobi
Other Citations:Samuel Kalii Kiminza v. Jubilee Party & another [2017] eKLR

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

1. This is a second appeal from the initial decision of the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (the Tribunal) arising out of the political parties primaries.

2. Briefly, the facts leading to this appeal are that the Hon. Samuel Kalii Kiminza (the Appellant), and the Hon. Rachael Nyamai (the 2nd Respondent) being members of the Jubilee Party (the 1st Respondent) were to take part in party primaries conducted for the position of Member of the National Assembly for the Kitui South Constituency. However, it would appear that no nominations for that position were conducted by the 1st Respondent. The Appellant lodged an initial complaint before the Tribunal which complaint was dismissed for the reason that the Appellant had ignored the internal dispute resolution mechanisms for the Jubilee Party. Meanwhile, the 1st Respondent directly nominated the 2nd Respondent and issued her with a Nomination Certificate.

3. The Appellant, through its advocates, wrote to the 1st Respo…

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