[Photo: Eric Lungai, Standard]Vihiga MP Yusuf Chanzu won the ANC ticket to contest for governorship as Senator Boni Khalwale got a direct Ford Kenya ticket to vie for a similar seat in Kakamega County. Nairobi lawyer Mike Osundwa also got direct nomination from ANC and joins Khalwale in the contest to unseat Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya. A newcomer in the region politics Harun Muturi was also unopposed for Hamisi parliamentary ANC ticket. Lugari MP Ayub Savula, too, was handed a direct ticket by ANC. In ANC’s Mumias East parliamentary contest, David Wamatsi managed 16,250 votes to finish ahead of the pack.

Source: Standard Digital April 23, 2017 19:27 UTC