Majority of Kenyans, both aspirants and voters, do not know the importance of political party election primaries. Most of potential political party aspirants forget about party nominations and focus their energy on the main election. If you are an aspiring candidate are you concentrating on the party primaries? Party primaries can make the best candidate to be in political oblivion forever.
Party primaries are more important than the main election, especially where a political party has majority of supporters. Though, we cannot assume the strength of the independent candidates, right now having an UDA ticket in Mt. Kenya and Rift Valley Counties is the same as wining in the general election. The same for having an Azimio ticket in Nyanza.
Right now serious aspirants of political parties are supposed to be rallying supporters behind them. This is not about the word of the mouth alone, but, ensuring they are registered as members of their political party. This is the time aspirants should be telling their supporters to access registrar of political parties services via the Ecitizen portal (This is how you register as a member of a political party on Ecitizen). This is because political parties uses the list of their registered members during party primaries. If you are an aspiring candidate of a given political party, how many members have you recruited? The aspirant who has recruited more members is the one likely to get the party ticket.
This is because party members are inclined to the aspirants who mobilized them to register as party members. In my local language we say, "You cannot milk a cow with other people nappier grass. You have to find yours." Sitting down and waiting for other aspirants to mobilize individuals to register as party members is detrimental. It kills political careers!
The reason party primaries are marred with chaos is because aspirants do not find their supporters on the party list during nomination. Aspiring political party candidates, how many of your supporters are in the list of the political party you are aiming to get the ticket? Party ticket is for the aspirant with more members who will avail themselves during party nominations.
Party primaries are more important than the main election, especially where a political party has majority of supporters. Though, we cannot assume the strength of the independent candidates, right now having an UDA ticket in Mt. Kenya and Rift Valley Counties is the same as wining in the general election. The same for having an Azimio ticket in Nyanza.
Right now serious aspirants of political parties are supposed to be rallying supporters behind them. This is not about the word of the mouth alone, but, ensuring they are registered as members of their political party. This is the time aspirants should be telling their supporters to access registrar of political parties services via the Ecitizen portal (This is how you register as a member of a political party on Ecitizen). This is because political parties uses the list of their registered members during party primaries. If you are an aspiring candidate of a given political party, how many members have you recruited? The aspirant who has recruited more members is the one likely to get the party ticket.
This is because party members are inclined to the aspirants who mobilized them to register as party members. In my local language we say, "You cannot milk a cow with other people nappier grass. You have to find yours." Sitting down and waiting for other aspirants to mobilize individuals to register as party members is detrimental. It kills political careers!
The reason why there is bad blood between the sitting political leaders and some aspirants is because the incumbent leaders know how to mobilize people to register as political party members. When the nominations come those leaders are in a better position to get the party ticket. They know the party which is "eating" in their electoral area. When you hear them say "listening the ground" they know which political party has a political future in their area for them.
