The Jubilee party has unveiled Kariri Njama as its candidate for the Kiambaa by-election set for July 15, 2021.
Njama who is a businessman was selected after undergoing interviews at Jubilee headquarters in Pangani, Nairobi on Saturday, May 22.
The exercise was held after the Jubilee Party National Management Committee on Thursday, May 20 announced that it will be conducting nominations through face-to-face interviews for the upcoming by-elections in Kiambaa constituency and Muguga ward.
Njama will now face off against UDA's John Njuguna Wanjiku and PEP's Raymond Kuria in the much-anticipated polls following the outcome in the Rurii Ward and Juja parliamentary elections which saw Jubilee not clinch a single seat.
The businessman had to dispel reports that he had ditched the Jubilee party when he announced his candidacy in April 2021.
"We are behind the President and the Jubilee party ideologies and we will finish the journey with the President," he stated.
Njama also has already launched a few projects under his organisation Kariri Njama foundation where he sponsored top students in the KCSE 2020.
"Congratulations Simiyu Robinson Wanjala. You have made me proud, having paid your school fees when you joined Form One. I'm so proud of you," he wrote.
Following the recent election losses, the Jubilee party opted for face-to-face interviews after reviewing applications submitted to the county elections board by the applicants.
This is a change from how the party selected its flagbearer in the Juja by-election, which was done by way of voting in party primaries.
The announcement saw 10 aspirants for the Muguga Ward seat boycott the exercise asking for a candidate to be selected through party primaries instead.
The party apologised to the aspirants for the abrupt change in nomination strategy and assured that the process would be democratic, impartial, and transparent.
