KENYA NEWS

Current preliminary results indicate that Budalangi Member of Parliament Ababu Namwamba will be among MPs in the 11th parliament who will be sent packing. The Labour Party Leader, and supporter of President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election has been floored by Orange Democratic Movement's Raphael…

Aden Duale, the leader of Majority in the National Assembly has trounced his rival Farah Maalim to retain his Garissa Township parliamentary seat. Garissa Constituency Returning Officer Boru Duba declared Duale the victor after garnering 22,587 votes to Farah Maalim's 14,897 votes. Aden Mohamed…

Former United States Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC)  has put in a voting system “appears to be very, very strong.” The former Secretary of State, who is in Kenya as Chief Election Observer for The Carter Center, said that…

Atleast two Independent candidates contesting for gubernatorial seats appear headed to defy party candidature to clinch the coveted seats. Preliminary results by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries (IEBC) indicate that Mohamed Abdi Kuti, an independent candidate for Isiolo governorship is…

Former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth has conceded defeat and congratulated Mike Sonko after finishing a disappointing distant third in the race for Nairobi governor. Kenneth, who was running as an independent candidate after having lost to Sonko in the Jubilee primary, in a statement said he respects…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chief Executive Officer Ezra Chiloba has refuted claims by National Super Alliance (NASA) that the electoral commission's system was hacked. Speaking during IEBC's 8:30pm media briefing, Chiloba made an assurance to Kenyans and the world…

A 24-year-old Mount Kenya University student is poised to become the youngest Member of Parliament (MP) in the history of Kenyan elections. Independent candidate John Mwirigi appears headed to clinch Igembe South MP seat if current results are anything to go by. John Mwirigi, who has been carrying…

Incumbent Nairobi Woman Representative Racheal Shebesh has accepted defeat to Esther Muthoni Passaris of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). In a concession speech on Wednesday, Shebesh said she will continue serving Nairobi residents and the country in other capacities despite losing to Passaris. "I…

Jubilee Party’s Fahim Twaha has defeated incumbent Lamu governor Issa Timamy of Amani National Congress (ANC). Twaha, a former Lamu West MP, won with 22,969 votes (46.57%)  against Timamy’s 22,848 votes (45.45%) with all 167 polling stations reporting. In the Lamu senatorial race, Hassan…

Kiambu governor William Kabogo has conceded defeat in the Kiambu gubernatorial race as preliminary results from the IEBC indicating that Kabete MP Ferdinard Waititu will be the next Kiambu governor. Waititu has so far garnered 737,795 votes (78.17%) in 1,886 out of 1,963 polling stations, while…