PREMIUM MPs clash over plan to ban ‘outsiders’ from MCA special nomination slots News Just now Listen

MPs in the National Assembly are locked in an argument over a proposal that would ban “outsiders” from taking the 770 special nomination slots in the county assemblies, potentially forcing political parties to only select individuals who are “locally” registered as voters.

Clause 19 of the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2024, as passed in the Senate, proposes to amend the principal Act to provide that for an individual to be nominated in a county assembly, they must be registered voters in the counties they seek nomination.