Boyd Were of Orange Democratic movement (ODM) party is now the MP elect for Kasipul constituency, the Independent electoral and boundaries commission ( IEBC) has declared
IEBC returning officer Rebecca Obwaku announced Boyd Were MP elect after emerging top with 16819 votes in the just concluded November 27th By election in a race that attracted 10 candidates. Mr. Were‘s closest challenger Philip Aroko of independent candidate got 8,476 votes
The MP elect is the son of the former Kasipul constituency MP the late Charles Ong’ondo Were who was killed by gunmen on a motorbike in Nairobi this year necessitating the by election.
After being declared winner Mr. Were vowed to serve his constituents equally promising to deliver on his campaign promises
He received winner’s certificate at Agoro Sare high school where he thanked Kasipul residents for their support.
According to IEBC a total of 32,260 people turned up to vote against a total of 67,513 registered voters
by Moseti Julius
