| Updated Sun, May 7th 2017 at 11:34 GMT +3Wavinya Ndeti celebrates after she was announced winner in the first nomination exercise whose results wre contested by opponene Bernard Kiala. (Photo: John Muia, Standard)Former Kathiani MP Wavinya Ndeti will fly the Wiper party ticket for Machakos Governor in the August 8 General Election after winning in repeat nomination exercise. Wavinya garnered a whopping 227, 947 votes against Bernard Kiala’s 4,508 in repeat party primaries conducted on Saturday following an order by the Political Parties Tribunal last Friday after Kiala contested an earlier nomination exercise. In Mavoko for instance, she garnered 57,719 votes compared to Kiala’s 232; in Kathiani she scooped 37,120 while Kiala managed a paltry 146 votes. Wavinya, who was accompanied by her running mate-outgoing East African Legislative Assembly MP Peter Mathuki, Mavoko MP Patrick Makau and Machakos Town Wiper party parliamentary nominee Ulbanus Mutisya, urged Machakos residents to vote for her come August.

Source: Standard Digital May 07, 2017 05:46 UTC