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Independent Candidates Who Pulled Major Upsets on Election Day
19 December 2020 - 8:10 am
Feisal Badder (in a yellow t-shirt) receives a certificate after winning the Msambweni by-election on Tuesday, December 15, 2020
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The victory of Independent candidate Feisal Bader in the just concluded Msambweni by-election sent shockwaves in the political circles.
Bader floored ODM s Omar Boga who was touted to bag the seat fueling a growing trend of voters overlooking party affiliations to elect independent candidates at the expense of political party candidates who have well-oiled mobilisation machinery.
Another surprise victory was witnessed in the Gitura MCA by-election where a former NTV correspondent Esther Mwihaki, an independent candidate, managed to defeat favourite Jubilee candidate Rosemary Wakuthie