List of 46 Kenyans Vying for President as Independent Candidates

The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) on Monday said it has cleared 47 independent candidates eyeing the presidency in the upcoming elections.

Independent candidates cleared by the ORPP have until Monday midnight to submit their names to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for clearance.

As of Monday afternoon, the Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu had received 7,213 applications from persons seeking to run for various political seats in the August 9th elections on an independent ticket. They include 106 gubernatorial candidates, 147 senate aspirants, 110 woman representative contenders, 958 parliamentary hopefuls, and 5,845 MCA candidates.

Below is the list of 46 out of the 47 candidates seeking to succeed President Kenyatta on an independent ticket.

1        KINYANJUI  EDWARD NJENGA                  

2        OTIENO      DUNCAN ODUOR         

3        IRUNGU      JAMES KAMAU             

4        JEREMIAH   NIXON KUKUBO            

5        AOKO          BENARD ONGIR            

6        MUNGA      DAVID CHOME             

7        KARIARA     ELIUD MUTHIORA                  

8        OUMA        PIGBIN ODIMWENGU            

9        WANYANGA        GEOFFREY NDUNGU              

10      AWUONDA BRIAN OLUOCH            

11      KIHUHA      ESTHER WARINGA                 

12      NGIGI         FAITH WAIRIMU           

13      KINGORI     PATRICK KARIUKI          

14      NYAGA       JEREMIAH JOHN MWANIKI             

15      NG'ANG'A  GIBSON NGARUIYA                

16      KATONI       BENJAMIN KEVIN NDAMBUKI         

17      ODHIAMBO          KEVIN ONYANGO         

18      LICHETE      REUBEN KIGAME          

19      KANYA        JOE STANLEY KAMAU.B         

20      GITHII         DAVID MUHIA              

21      KATHAE      PETER NDONGA           

22      MBUGUA   BENSON MWAURA                

23      MWARANIA         PAUL MURIUNGI          

24      NYAGOKO  JACOB OANDA              

25      WANJIGI     HARRISON NJOROGE             

26      NZANO       JARED CHULA               

27      NGECHU     MOSES GICHUKI           

28      GICHIRA     PTAH SOLOMUZI          

29      NYANGORI DOROTHY KEMUNTO             

30      NG'ANG'A  GIBSON NGARUIYA                

31      NG'ANI       VICTOR OBOTE             

32      AWUONDA BRIAN OLUOCH            

33      MUKENDA  JEREMIAH SIMIYU                  

34      KAMAU      GEORGE MUNYOTTAH          

35      MASIRA      ERASTUS NYAMERA              

36      OGANGA    STEPHEN OWOKO                  

37      OBUNGA    BERNARD NETO           

38      KIPRONO    FELIX          

39      NZAMALU  SAMUEL MWANGANGI         

40      MBUGUA   ZABLON KARANJA                  

41      KOUE GRITA MUTHONI          

42      KAGUMBA  SAMUEL KIAMBATI                

43      OJIJO OGILLO MARK PASCAL           

44      WAWERU   JOSEPH MBUGUA         

45      MUNYEKI    JUNE JULIET                  

46      BEGUM      NAZLIN