Nairobi, April 27 -- President William Ruto yesterday began confronting a delicate supremacy battle in his United Democratic Alliance (UDA) involving top political leaders when he launched the party grassroots elections.

Political tension ran high in the first phase of the elections covering five counties - Nairobi, Narok, West Pokot, Busia and Homa Bay - following delays and technical hiccups.

In yesterday's polling centre level elections, party members cast their votes to elect 20 officials.

These include three representatives of religious groups, traders (four), professionals (three), youth (four), Special Interest Groups (One), farmers (three) as well as two party members - male and female.

Some candidates and registered party mem...