ODM won three key by-elections for ward representatives in Turkana, Kajiado and Kisii counties on Wednesday.
The party registered its first win at Kalokol ward, Turkana County where its candidate Josephat Ekeno beat Jubilee’s Nangiro Ekai with 1715 votes to 1336 votes respectively.
The win represented 53.16 per cent of total votes cast in the 21 polling stations compared to Jubilee’s 41.41 per cent.
Peter Emana Loteng’an, who ran as an independent candidate, came a distant third with 101 votes while Ford Kenya’s Michael Epem finished fourth with 74 votes.
ODM’s second victory was at Nyacheki ward in Kisii county where its candidate Naftal Nyaberi Onkoba garnered a total of 2216 votes.
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Onkoba;s main rival, Maxwell Nyaanga Magoma of Jubilee came second with 1173 votes, representing 17.30 per cent of total votes cast against ODM’s 32.82 per cent.
Caleb Njomo Onguti of KNC finished third with 928 votes while NVP’s Peter Moracha Bosire finished fourth with 462 votes.
The seat, that fell vacant following the death of Peter Ongeri, attracted a total of 15 candidates.
ODM leader Raila Odinga at Nyacheki market in Bobasi constituency where he drummed up for support for the ODM candidate Naftal Nyaberi Onkoba. /BENSON NYAGESIBA
In Kajiado, ODM registered a narrow win against Jubilee in Mosiro ward where its candidate Peter Ntimoye Kuseyo garnered 1079 votes against 1046 votes of Jubilee’s Jonathan Koilekan.
The results showed an evenly divided support to the two coalitions, with ODM registering 50.78 per cent of the votes against Jubilee’s 49.22 per cent.
In summary, voting took place in seven polling stations with a 91 per cent voter turnout; other parties did not field candidates for the seat.
In Sala ward of Tana River county, Jubilee’s Fauzia Sadik registered a resounding win by garnering 1184 votes against her closest rival Ibrahim Ware of Safina Party.
Ware garnered a paltry 210 votes whereas Kiranso Ibrahim Muchiru of WDM-K came in third with 200 votes while ODM’s Dabaso finished fourth with 96 votes from 13 polling stations.
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