Kenya: Surprise defeats in primaries

Wangari Maathai, a Nobel laureate, and Chris Murungaru, a former interior minister, have been surprise losers in parliamentary primaries in Kenya. Maathai and Murungaru were competing to represent the ruling party, the Party of National Unity (PNU). After the losing the vote to run for the Tetu ticket in central Kenya, Maathai said on Sunday that she would defect to a smaller party.