Naivasha MP Jane Kihara has been declared the winner of the just concluded UDA nominations following her successful appeal at the UDA Party Election and Nomination Dispute Resolution Committee.
In it’s ruling on Monday April 18, the committee ascertained that Kihara defeated her closest competitor John Kihagi by one vote.
After scrutiny the committee found out that the results of the Maua Primary School polling station and Milimani Secondary School polling station were not included in the final tally which had a significant bearing on the final outcome.
“The Committee finds that the failure to include the results of Maua Primary School polling station and Milimani Secondary School polling station in the final tally had a significant bearing on the final outcome that overturns the results as announced by the Returning Officer for Naivasha constituency and rejects the assertion by Counsel for the 1st Respondent that their non-inclusion was insignificant and had no bearing on the final result.” The Committee said.
“The Committee finds that when the results from the aforementioned polling stations are added to the final tally, which the Committee confirmed to be 9852 votes for the 1st Respondent and 9824 votes for the Applicant, the final result is that the 1st Respondent garnered 9,903 votes to the Applicant’s 9904 votes.” The committee added.
Kihara had filed an appeal following the concluded party primaries which witnessed anomalies across many parts of the country.
Her main competitor John Karanja Kihagi had initially been declared the winner with 10,394 while Kihara had garnered 9,991
Kihara who was among the bigwigs who had lost the nominations will now be handed the UDA party ticket to contest for the seat in the August 9, polls.
