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Row over party hopping in court

By JUDY OGUTU
The move by Parliament to allow party hopping among MPs has been challenged in court. Also in contention is a decision to amend the law allowing unsuccessful presidential candidates to be nominated to Parliament.

Friends of Raila (Fora), a political lobby group, has filed an urgent case at the High Court in Nairobi seeking to block the Attorney General from gazetting or enacting the Miscellaneous Amendment Act 2012 touching on the Political Parties Act 2012 and the Elections Act, 2011.

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