UDA Beats DCP to Retain Emurua Dikirr Seat
The election saw a 66.6 per cent turnout, with tensions between UDA and DCP supporters at a polling station that left one person injured...
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David Kipsang Keter of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has won the Emurua Dikirr Constituency by-election, securing the parliamentary seat.
- Keter garnered 18,266 votes, defeating his closest rival, Vincent Kibet Rotich of the Democratic Congress Party (DCP), who received 10,760 votes.
- The by-election was held on May 14 to fill the vacancy left by the death of former MP Johana Ng’eno.
- The constituency reported a 66.6 per cent voter turnout.
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