Kibra residents in Nairobi County are today voting in a show-down pitting the Handshake/Kieleweke team against Deputy President William Ruto’s team Tangatanga.
The Handshake team comprises politicians brought together following a unity pact between Raila and President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2018.
ODM – a subscriber of the handshake – has fielded Bernard Imran Okoth while Ruto’s Jubilee has ex-football sensation McDonald Mariga.
The two are touted as the front runners based on the spirited campaigns that they have staged in the chase for the votes.
The constituency has five wards – Makina, Laini Saba, Sarang’ombe, Woodley/Kenyatta Golf Course and Lindi with 118,658 votes.
Laini Saba 17,455 voters, Lindi 16,688, Makina 25,695, Woodley/ Kenyatta Golf Course 28,066 and Sarang’ombe 30,754.
The by-election has attracted 24 candidates following the death of MP Ken Okoth in July after a protracted battle with cancer.
The polling stations across the constituency were opened at 6am to a smooth start of voting. A spot check across the stations shows queues building up.
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