Former Meru Governor Peter Munya has vowed to sue the government today for issuing a Gazette Notice assigning the title of Party of National Unity (PNU) party leader to Former President Mwai Kibaki.
Mr Munya has termed the designation by the Registrar of Political Parties, Ms Lucy Ndung'u, as "a blatant disregard of the law".
Speaking on Thursday, the former Governor stated that he was moving to court to hold Ms Ndung'u in contempt if the notice is not withdrawn.
The Registrar published a Gazette Notice citing that changes had been made to leadership in the PNU following a judgment by the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal delivered in June.
"The officials of the interested party in office as at 27th October 2016 remain the bona fide office bearers of the interested party until a proper general meeting is held to elect national officials," the notice read before naming the Former President as one of the party officials.
Mr Munya, however, holds that he was elected party leader during a National Delegates Conference in October 2016. An election that was disputed by a section of party officials.
"Our lawyers wrote to the registrar of political parties on Monday pointing out that a court order is in place stopping the ruling of the tribunal. We gave her 48 hours to correct the same with a new Gazette. Our lawyer is moving to court on Thursday to cite her for contempt of she does not act by the closure of business Wednesday," Mr Munya told the Daily Nation.
The former Governor insists that the Registrar's notice is a political battle to bar the party from rightfully operating in Kenya.
"The struggle to wrest the party from us to block us from the 2022 politics is being taken to strange levels to the extent of dragging the name of the retired president into the mix," Munya stated.
