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THE STANDARD By
Moses Nyamori |
March 9th 2021 at 15:27:42 GMT +0300
Kabuchai MP Elect Majimbo Kalasinga displaying his election certificate at Mabanga Agricultural Training Centre on March 05, 2020. [Photo-Nathan Ochunge-Standard]
Joseph Majimbo Kalasinga has been sworn in as the new Member of Parliament for Kabuchai.
Kalasinga took the oath of office in the National Assembly during this afternoon’s session, in an exercise administered by Speaker Justin Muturi.
MP-elect for Matungu Peter Oscar Nabulindo is yet to be sworn in.
Kalasinga, who won on a Ford-Kenya ticket trounced seven other candidates in a hotly-contested mini-poll held last week on Thursday.
He garnered 19,274 votes representing 65 per cent of the total votes cast.
Amos Wekesa of the Federal Party of Kenya came a distant third with 1,454 votes (5 per cent) followed by Dr Gasper Wafubwa at the fourth position after he garnered 1,236 votes (4 per cent).
Voter turnout was 51.68 per cent and the total votes cast were 29,798. There were 320 rejected votes.
The constituency has a total of 57, 654 registered voters
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Majimbo now becomes the second legislator for Kabuchai Constituency and will succeed James Mukwe Lusweti who died in December last year after battling arthritis for a long time.