Linda Mwananchi NDC will be a closed door affair, no media coverage

The Linda Mwananchi Movement (LMM) has announced that its long-awaited National Delegates Convention (NDC) will be held behind closed doors.

The party's interim head of communications at its presidential campaign secretariat, Pauline Njoroge, said that the media would not be invited to cover the event.

"Kindly note that tomorrow’s NDC will be a closed-door meeting, with no media coverage," Ms Njoroge said in a short statement.

The venue and invited leaders for the Friday function also remain unclear.

The indoor session will also be the first of its kind in this era, as previous NDC sessions held by other parties, such as the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the Wiper Patriotic Front, have been held in front of cameras.

The decision by Senator Edwin Sifuna's party to hold an NDC comes a day after the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) dismissed a petition seeking to block the party from holding its NDC.

In its ruling issued on Wednesday, the tribunal dismissed the petition filed by lawyer Danstan Omari on behalf of members who wanted to stop the function due to a number of issues which they claimed remained unclear.

Some of the issues included alleged unprocedural appointments, irregular rebranding of the party and leadership choices.

However, the defence lawyers successfully convinced the tribunal to dismiss the petition, citing insufficient grounds. Senator Sifuna, who is the party leader, has maintained that he will work closely with the other opposition parties to deny President William Ruto's bid for a second term in office.

Recently, the party has been busy engaging other opposition party leaders, including former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua of the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP), and Kalonzo Musyoka of Wiper, among others.

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