| Updated Mon, May 1st 2017 at 13:58 GMT +3Machakos: Former Kathiani MP Wavinya Ndeti is set to fly the Wiper party gubernatorial flag in Machakos after she emerged winner in a nomination exercise that was contested by her rival, deputy governor Bernard Kiala. The county returning officer Jacob Mutula declared Wavinya the winner after she garnered 299,312 votes against Kiala’s 4,663 sparking a wild celebration by Wavinya’s supporters. But Kiala, who had earlier moved to the political parties tribunal to challenge the hurriedly convened nomination exercise for the gubernatorial seat dismissed Wavinya’s win, terming the nomination an exercise in futility. “I cannot participate in an illegality, because the political parties court had already issued an injunction against the exercise following my petition, and therefore the exercise was null and void according to me,” said Kiala. Should Kiala’s petition fail to succeed, Machakos gubernatorial race will effectively have been narrowed down between the incumbent, Mutua, Wavinya and Jubilee Party’s Lemi Muia.

Source: Standard Digital May 01, 2017 07:52 UTC