{"id":4983,"date":"2026-02-11T07:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T07:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2026-02-11T07:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T07:02:45","slug":"sonko-warns-aspirants-against-fake-nominations-in-nedp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/sonko-warns-aspirants-against-fake-nominations-in-nedp\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonko Warns Aspirants Against Fake Nominations in NEDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"410\">Former Nairobi Governor and <strong data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"259\">NEDP leader Mike Sonko<\/strong> has reaffirmed his party\u2019s commitment to democratic nominations, warning aspirants against anyone claiming to offer direct entry into party tickets.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"583\">\n<p data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"583\">\u201cThere will be NO direct nominations in our party. All aspirants must go to the ground, mobilize voters, and be nominated through a fair and open process,\u201d Sonko said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"740\">Sonko emphasized that <strong data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"638\">NEDP belongs to all Kenyans<\/strong>, not a few officials, and promised decisive action against anyone attempting to mislead candidates.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"929\">The move comes as the party seeks to ensure transparency and fairness ahead of upcoming elections, encouraging aspirants to engage directly with voters rather than relying on shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"1141\">By putting the focus on grassroots participation, Sonko is sending a clear message that <strong data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1069\">true democracy starts from the community level<\/strong>, reinforcing the party\u2019s principles and commitment to accountability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nairobi Governor and NEDP leader Mike Sonko has reaffirmed his party\u2019s commitment to democratic nominations, warning aspirants against anyone&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[413],"class_list":["post-4983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-sonko-warns-aspirants-against-fake-nominations-in-nedp"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sonko-Party-2-1765280439.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4985,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions\/4985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}