Nominations for the UDA Begin Amid Concerns of Rigging.
Today, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party nominations began in earnest in 36 counties across the country, with the party declaring that plans were in place to ensure a free and fair process.
Anthony Mutisya 
On what has been termed as Super Thursday, the Deputy President William Ruto-affiliated party is slated to select hopefuls who will compete against candidates from other parties in the August 9 elections.
UDA has selected 15,000 polling stations, 75,000 ballot boxes, 47 county returning officers, and 200 constituency returning officers to manage the nominations process, according to the party's National Elections Board (NEB) chair, Anthony Mwaura. It also includes 52,000 poll clerks and 21,000 presiding officers.
UDA has put in place robust measures to ensure the nomination exercise is free, fair, credible, and democratic to ensure the final results reflect the will of the people. #UDADecides pic.twitter.com/ymW74YCAv4
— United Democratic Alliance (@UDAKenya) April 14, 2022
In addition, the UDA head has requested that the government send 34,680 police personnel to polling sites to prevent vote rigging.
Mwaura went on to say that the ballot boxes and papers have tamper-proof security mechanisms to enhance security.
“Ballot papers have security features, they can't be scanned or photocopied! All ballot papers are uniquely serialized as per the assigned polling center.” Read a statement by the UDA party.
Gubernatorial nominations are being held in 13 counties, senatorial nominations in 18 counties, Woman Representatives elections in 28 counties, parliamentary elections in 138 districts, and MCA nominations in 834 wards.
Kiambu gubernatorial seat is one of the most highly fought, with incumbent Senator Kimani Wamatangi, former governor Ferdinand Waititu, and current MP Patrick Wainaina vying for the position.
DP Ruto, who is the party leader and spent most of Wednesday, April 13, at the Hustlers Centre, assured all contestants a free and fair procedure, describing it as a "near-general election." The final preparations for the nominations process were overseen by the DP.
