2013 Kitui local elections

Kitui Gubernatorial Elections were held in Kitui to elect a Governor and County Assembly on 4 March 2013.[1] Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general elections were the first in which Governors and members of the County Assemblies for the newly created counties were elected. They will also be the first general elections run by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) which has released the official list of candidates.[2]

Gubernatorial election

CandidateRunning MateCoalitionPartyVotes
Kilonzo, Julius KiemaMulwa, Kennedy NgumbauNational Rainbow Coalition--
Kitonga, Philip NzambaMwongela, Benjamin NymaiNational Labour Party--
Malombe, Julius MakauMalonza, PeninahWiper Democratic Movement – Kenya--

Prospective candidates

The following are some of the candidates who have made public their intentions to run:[3]

  • Charity Ngilu - Former Lands Cabinet Secretary
  • David Musila - Senator Kitui County
  • Julius Makau Malombe - former chairman of the devolved government taskforce and a nephew to former Cabinet minister Nyiva Mwendwa,

References

  1. "Kenya to hold polls in March 2013, says elections body". The Citizen. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Kalonzo, Ngilu wars to spice up Kitui governor's race". The Standard. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
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