A member of the ANC party has petitioned to the Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu to have the party's National Executive Council (NEC) and all other party organs, declared vacant.
Angela Gathoni, the petitioner and ANC youth leader, stated that the party's leader Musalia Mudavadi and other NEC's were in office illegally.
“You declare that currently, the party NEC is not properly constituted and there are vacancies in the NEC and all other party organs in view of the fact that the party has been unable to plan, organise and conduct party elections at all levels within the time stipulated in its constitution," she stated.
Gathoni stated that ANC was issued with a certificate of registration on July 13, 2015, and from the said time, the party had not been able to conduct an election as stipulated in the party's constitution.
“That you order the party to conduct elections for all the party offices in strict conformity with the party constitution, Political Parties Act, the Constitution and the party’s election rules and procedures as soon as it is practically possible,” Gathoni stated.
She complained that the party's committee did not have ethnic diversity, adding that 80 per cent of it's members were from one ethnic group.
“As currently constituted, the NEC promotes nepotism because a significant number of its members have a direct and personal and family relationship with the party leader,” reads the petition.
Gathoni's petition came a week after Nominated MP Godfrey Osotsi demanded the party to elect new officials.
Ototsi stated that the leaders needed to hold office for five years after which elections would be conducted.
"The best thing is to prepare an election timetable within the party's constitution," Osotsi stated.
