The Jubilee party on Saturday issued direct party nomination tickets to various aspirants from Kwale, Mombasa and Kilifi counties as it seeks to capture political seats in the coastal region.
The party however announced that it will not field governor candidates in Mombasa, Kwale and Kilifi but will compete for all other seats in the respective areas.
Speaking in Mombasa during an event to issue the certificates, Jubilee Party National chairman Nelson Dzuya said the party resulted to adopt consensus so as to arrive at suitable candidates.
"We called the aspirants and agreed on a consensus and where people did not agree we did interviews and everyone was satisfied, the party will give necessary support you need and therefore you must deliver," said Dzuya.
Adding "We have decided not to field candidates in Mombasa Kilifi and Kwale because we are in Azimio and those regions have stronger candidates for those positions.”
Dzuya promised the aspirants that the president Uhuru Kenyatta led party will fully fund their campaigns and asked them to deliver seats.
He cautioned aspirants against misusing the funding they get from the party.
"We have all the necessary mechanisms to know who are doing serious campaign and those who are jocking because the president is very categorical that he wants you to deliver seats," said Dzuya urging the contestants to do issue based politics.
The party has encouraged losers in the nomination to back their colleagues so that the party can deliver seats for the president's party.
"Those who got tickets should know they are candidates for our party, we are ready to support you so that you can win in the general elections," said Dzuya.
At the same time Dzuya said the party will soon announce the winner of a gubernatorial nomination process of Nyandarua county that has attracted alot of attention from the president.
Some of those who got tickets include Mombasa county Senator aspirant Hazel katana, Changamwe Mp aspirant Abdi Daib, Raymond Furaha Mangi to contest Kaloleni member of Parliament, and Yasir Noor to contest for Nyali constituency, Riziki Abdalla Wadzoyo (24yrs) eyeing the Jomvu Kuu ward MCA seat among others.
