Ford Kenya candidate Wafula Wakoli has won the Bungoma senate seat by-election after garnering 66,032 votes.
Coming in second was President William Ruto’s UDA candidate Mwambu Mabonga who got 45,907 votes while Wafula Wamunyinyi of Azimio came third with 20,519 votes.
Moreover, the results were announced by returning officers for Webuye East, Kimilili, Kabuchai, Tongaren, Kanduyi, Webuye West and Sirisia.
Wakoli Wafula posted the biggest margin in the results in Kabuchai constituency, where he got 11,728 votes to emerge in the lead followed by Mr Mabonga who got 2,824 while Mr Wamunyinyi had 1,150 votes.
Likewise, in Tongaren, Mr Wakoli garnered 9,051 votes while Mr Mabonga came second with 4,057 votes as Mr Wamunyinyi followed with 2,393 votes.
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In addition, Wakoli’s win in the Bungoma Senate by-elections is a huge relief to Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetang’ula who spearheaded the campaigns to ensure his party reclaimed the seat which fell vacant after he resigned from the senate post.
Moreover, the early results are a strong indication of the massive support Ford Kenya continues to enjoy in Bungoma County.
Furthermore, in Webuye East constituency Mr Wakoli got 4,969 votes while Mr Mabonga garnered 2,639 votes. Mr Wamunyinyi came in third with 1,665 votes.
The results for Sirisia constituency showed that Mr Wakoli had garnered 4,198 votes and Mr Mabonga, his closest competitor came second with 3,497 votes while Mr Wamunyinyi got 921 votes.
The Bungoma senate seat was eyed by eleven candidates, but the front runners were from Ford Kenya, UDA and Azimio.
Additionally, the by-election held on Thursday, December 8 was marred by a low voter turnout in the 1,373 polling stations spread in the nine constituencies.
