Former Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has been forced to send ODM leader Raila Odinga a special message after all signs indicated that Kenya Kwanza stood no chance of winning the Mombasa gubernatorial race.
Taking to his social media handles, Kuria congratulated ODM candidate in the race as he gave him a message for Raila.
“Congratulations ODM and Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir. But you will admit that it can never be the same again. Hassan Omar Hassan and UDA got an amazing 44% of the vote. Mombasa will be fully liberated in the fullness of time. Now go and tell Baba to learn to accept results like we have done,” Kuria wrote.
Preliminary results indicate that Abdulswamad is leading the race with only one more constituency to go that is Likoni.
Out of five constituencies, the former Kisauni MP had garnered 101,658 votes. His closest opponent, Hassan Omar of UDA had 88, 352 votes.
The Mombasa gubernatorial race attracted 8 contestants. Others in the race are; former Nyali MP Mr Hezron Awiti (VDP), Mombasa Deputy Governor William Kingi (PAA), Daniel Kitsao (independent), Shafii Makazi (Upia) and Said Abdhalla (Usawa Kwa Wote.
The gubernatorial elections in Mombasa as well as Kakamega county were postponed from August 9 over ballot paper errors.
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