Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition party presidential running mate Martha Karua was humiliated by Deputy President William Ruto’s party in her Kirinyaga County.
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA), a party heavily linked to presidential candidate William Ruto bagged all four constituencies in Martha Karua’s own County.
Parties associated with presidential front runner Raila Odinga’s Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party, which has Karua as the running mate, failed to clinch a single seat in Kirinyaga County.
In Gichugu Constituency where Martha Karua cast her vote on Tuesday, August 9, UDA’s candidate Gichimu Githinji retained his seat after polling 33, 889 votes.
His closest challenger Peterson Njomo who was running on an Independent ticket garnered 15, 069 votes.
In Mwea Constituency, Mary Maingi emerged the winner after defeating incumbent Kabinga Wathayu of the Jubilee party.
Maingi polled 50,667 votes whereas Wathayu garnered 31,735 votes.
George Kariuki has re-elected the Ndia Constituency on a UDA party.
In Kirinyaga Central, former MP Gachoki Gitari of UDA made a comeback after trouncing the incumbent Munene Wambugu of the Jubilee party.
According to the results by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the vote-rich Mt Kenya region overwhelmingly voted for William Ruto.
At the same, Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru is set to retain her gubernatorial seat even as the vote tallying nears completion.
As of Thursday, August 11, Kirinyaga woman rep Purity Wangui Ngirici was trailing with 104, 980 votes behind incumbent Ann Waiguru who was leading with 112, 932 votes.
The region which has over the years voted as a block witnessed low voter turnout with analysts saying that the voter apathy in the region was because it had no serious presidential candidate.
