Top Women Who Have Won Elective Seats in 2022 Elections
Jubilee Party’s Irene Njoki has beaten outspoken Bahati legislator Kimani Ngunjiri of UDA to become the next MP.
Irene Njoki, popularly known as mrembo na kazi, garnered 34,308 votes against Ngunjiri’s 26,809 votes.
The results were announced by the Bahati constituency returning officer George Karani at the Kiamaina tallying centre.
A total of 7 candidates were seeking the seat with the lowest garnering 63 votes.
“I want to thank the voters who for the second term running have believed in me and it’s now time to set aside our differences and serve the public irrespective of our parties,” said Jane Kihara
Naivasha MP Jane Kihara has extended an olive branch to her competitors after she was declared the winner in the hotly contested parliamentary seats.
Kihara joined her supporters in song and dance minutes after she was awarded her certificate by the Naivasha returning officer Agnes Muriuki.
Kihara won with 44,882 votes (UDA), followed by former MP John Kihagi 24,891 (Independent), Ndegwa Nguthiru 18,221 (Jubilee) and Antony Rebo got 8,295 (ODM).
Kihara was full of praise for area residents for the trust they had in her by giving her a chance to serve them for another five years.
“Am grateful to my family, supporters and all those who stood by me during the campaign period which was very tricky,” she said.
The MP-elect at the same time said that she was ready and willing to work with her competitors adding that Naivasha was bigger than any individual.
“I thank my competitors for a peaceful campaign and elections and I urge them to work with me to make the lives of Naivasha residents better,” she said.
An overwhelmed Kihara noted that the continued election of women in various positions across the country was a great shift from traditional and trust in them.
Millie Odhiambo
Suba North member of parliament Millie Odhiambo has clinched the Suba North MP seat.
She will now serve for the third time as Suba North MP.
She garnered 27,130 votes against her closest competitor James Akali of the Federal party who got 18,151 votes.
Her political career came to the limelight when she was nominated to parliament by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party in 2008.
Gathoni Wamuchomba
Gathoni Wamuchomba (UDA) was declared the winner for Githunguri MP with 34 646 votes while Gabriel Kago (Jubilee) came second with 31 127 votes.
Githunguri constituency had 13 candidates.
Mary Wamaua
Current Maragua MP Mary Wamaua who was vying on a UDA ticket has retained her seat.
This will be Wamaua’s second term in parliament as an elected MP.
According to the Constituency Returning Officer, Arnord S. Wekesa, Wamaua garnered a total of 49,281 votes with her closet competitor Antony Chege of Jubilee Party garnering 12,633 votes.
Wamaua served as a nominated MCA between 2013 and 2017.
An elated Wamaua thanked her constituents for re-electing her and pledged to finish the projects that were underway.
“Thank you people of Maragua for appreciating the work I have done for five years and giving me another term to serve you,” she said. “Despite a low voter turnout experienced, you still gave me and my party leader a high number of votes,” added Wamaua.
Wamaua also thanked her competitors for maintaining peace during the electioneering period and noted that she was ready to work with them in the constituency.
The Maragua Parliamentary race had attracted a total of 11aspirants.
Of the 102,383 registered voters in the constituency 68,311turned out to vote.
Gilgil MP Martha Wangari of UDA has also retained the seat after she got 35,363 votes.
Her close competition Nderitu Mathenge of Jubilee managed 19,764 votes.
“My tenure will mark a shift in how education, health and infrastructure concerns are addressed in Lamu East,” she noted
Voters in Lamu East constituency have for the first time in history elected a woman MP.
Jubilee Party’s Ruweida Mohamed Obo clinched the seat after mustering 5,498 votes in a hotly contested race that featured four candidates who including the incumbent MP Sharif Athman Ali of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
Sharif garnered 4,633 votes while Kombo Shekuwe Kahale alias Mwanati of the Kenya African National Union (Kanu) got 3,180 votes and Mohamed Madhubuti of Wiper party garnered 1,632 votes.
In her celebration speech the MP elect thanked Lamu East residents and promised to deliver on her development agenda pledge for Lamu East residents.
She stated that Lamu East residents have in the past endured uninspired leadership, which she added has seen the area stagnate without any proper infrastructure being built to enable Lamu East residents have a better quality of life.
“My tenure will mark a shift in how education, health and infrastructure concerns are addressed in Lamu East,” she noted adding that areas such as the Boni have been marginalized with no one giving concern to the plight of those living within the area’s five villages.
The outgoing women representative further stated that her election for the Lamu East MP seat is a statement by the electorate in the area that they are ready to be represented by good leadership regardless of gender.
“It is no small feat that the electorate in Lamu East have had to transcend social stereotypes and ensure that they voted for me, based on my development and leadership track record,” she said.
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Agnes Pareiyo Mantaine
Agnes Pareiyo Mantaine of Jubilee party has gone against a culture grain to win by 20,028 votes against 8 other contenders to become the first woman Member of Parliament for Narok North Constituency.
An emotional Pareiyo the Former Chair person Anti Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Board National Chair whose win is surprise described her win as a win to all more so women who she said must believe to deliver.
She promised to serve and deliver on her campaign mandate so as to serve the Narok North electorate to better their lives.
Other contenders were Kamwaro Martin Ole 18852 votes, Masikonte Patrick Balusi 413 votes, Masikonte Rebecca Naanyu Omutia 1537 votes, Masindet Joseph Leboo 308 votes, Meng’ati Allan Liaram 8828 votes, Rotiken Symon Kaitikei 8136 votes, Sadera Kerimpoti Ole 9248 votes.
Her supports later held thankful prayers before bursting into celebration into Narok town and its environment.
The results were read by IEBC’s Returning officer Julius Okwetu Narok North Constituency at Maasai Girls Secondary School.
The former Kisumu County Woman Representative Rosa Buy triumphed against the incumbent Olago Aluoch to clinch the Kisumu West Member of Parliament seat.
Buyu garnered 39,658 votes while Olago came second with 19,045 votes in the results declared by the Returning Officer for Kisumu West John Gregory at Bishop Okoth Ojolla Girls, the constituency tallying centre.
Kisumu West constituency seat attracted four candidates with Buyu running on an ODM ticket while her close competitor Olago was sponsored by the Movement for Democracy and Growth (MDG) party.
Others in the race were Obiero Kennedy Onyango 147 votes and Oluoch Ray Onyango 89 votes who both vied as independent candidates
According to the Constituency Returning Officer, the results he declared were from only 160 polling stations out of the 163 polling stations in the Sub County.
Results from the remaining three polling stations had not been computed since the Presiding Officers had not submitted the results for their respective stations.
Addressing the media after declaring the results, Gregory said the remaining polling stations would not affect the outcome of the final result considering the number of registered voters in the said stations.
“Each of the three polling stations has less than 600 total number of registered voters, hence may not really affect the overall outcome of the results,” said the Returning Officer.
Gregory said the presiding officers for Ojolla Primary Stream 1, Dago Thim Primary stream 1 and Tiengre Primary stream 2 polling stations did not submit the results as required by law and have since switched off their mobile phones.
He appealed to various stakeholders to come out and help in locating the election officials to get a solution to the matter.
In her acceptance speech, the MP-elect Buyu thanked residents for trusting in her leadership and voting for her overwhelmingly.
At the same time, she criticised the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for failing to account for the results from the three polling stations claiming that such reports may sound an alarm as a scheme to rig her out.
Some 59,047 registered voters turned out to cast their votes out of the 82,927 total registered voters in Kisumu West Sub County representing a 71.20 percent voter turnout while some 435 ballot papers were rejected.
Sarah Lekorere has retained her seat as the MP for Laikipia North constituency after she emerged victorious in the Tuesday Election with 14,148 votes.
Lekorere of Jubilee beat her closest challenger in the race Maina Munene of United Democratic Alliance (UDA) with over 7,000 votes after he garnered 6,405 votes.
Former area MP Mathew Lempurkel who was vying on an Orange Democratic movement (ODM) came third with 5,434 votes while Timothy Ole Mosiany, an independent candidate, managed 1,335 votes.
Lekorere was declared the winner early this morning by the Constituency Returning Officer John Kahuro.
Three other candidates for the seat got less than 300 votes in the contest.
Lekorere became the first woman-MP to be elected in the constituency in 2017 after she won the seat on a Jubilee party ticket. Previously she served as nominated MP in the National Assembly on a The National Alliance (TNA) ticket.
Tallying is still ongoing in the two other constituencies of Laikipia East and West with provisional results indicating that in Laikipia East former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary and The Service Party (TSP) leader Mwangi Kiunjuri is in the lead against incumbent Amin Ali Deddy (UDA).
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