The Kiambaa by-election proves to be a hotly contested race that will go down to the wire. UDA candidate John Njuguna (L) leads Jubilee's Njama Kariri (R). [Standard]Vote-tallying at the Karuri High School centre was suspended Friday morning after chaos erupted following protests over the Kiambaa by-election outcome. Provisional results from 152 polling stations out of the maximum 154 showed United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate, John Njuguna, in the lead with 21,301 votes against Kariri’s 21,057, a difference of 244 votes. The returning officer on Friday dawn admitted to errors in tallying of votes from a section of the three polling stations.

Source: Standard Digital July 16, 2021 03:22 UTC