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Christabel Murunga and Eugene Ambwere
The widow of the late Matungu MP Justus Murunga will battle it out with her stepson in the forthcoming by-election.
Christabel Murunga and Eugene Ambwere declared their interest in the seat at the burial of the MP on December 5 last year.
Ambwere is the eldest son of the late Murunga.
The two who will vie as independent candidates will battle it out with 13 other aspirants in the March 4 by-election.
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Mrs Murunga said she has what it takes to complete the work started by her late husband.
Ambwere, a Nairobi based businessman has been crisscrossing the constituency to endear himself to the voters.
PTI won by-election in Daska with clear majority: Shibli
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PTI won by-election in Daska with clear majority: Shibli
DASKA (Dunya News) - Minister for Information and Broadcasting Syed Shibli Faraz has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won the by-election in Daska with a clear majority.
Senator Shibli Faraz asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to notify the victory of PTI candidate Ali Asjad Malhi in NA 75 by election as people of Daska have mandated the ruling party candidate during election.
He expressed these views while addressing journalists, flanked by Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Usman Dar, Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab, Firdous Ashiq Awan and candidate of NA 75 Ali Asjad Malhi.
Rival parties hit for populism over airport plan
Both the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) have come under fire for collaborating in pressing ahead with a new airport project in Busan. The project is apparently based on populism to woo voters ahead of the April 7 mayoral by-elections in Seoul and the country s second-largest city.
On Friday, lawmakers of the DPK and the PPP on the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee approved a special bill aimed at constructing a new international airport on Busan s Gadeok Island. The bill is expected to get final approval from the Assembly s plenary session this week. The rival parties should take the blame for engaging in pork-barrel politics in their desperate efforts to win the elections.
Coral Raukawa takes out Rangitīkei District Council byelection
17 Feb, 2021 04:30 AM
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Results for the Rangitīkei District Council Southern Ward byelection were published this afternoon. Photo / File
Preliminary results show Marton-based Coral Raukawa has won the Rangitīkei District Council Southern Ward byelection, with historically low voter turnout.
The council released the preliminary result shortly before 1pm on Tuesday, which showed Raukawa had received 245 votes, or 60.7 per cent of the total vote.
Her only opponent, 24-year-old Cian O Gorman, received 152 votes, or 37.7 per cent.
Six of the 403 total votes were returned blank, without a vote for either candidate. The final official results are due to be published on Saturday.
Terry Archer wins Northland Regional Council byelection
17 Feb, 2021 03:00 AM
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Terry Archer has won the Northland Regional Council (NRC) Whangārei urban byelection. Photo / Supplied
Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz
Former Northland Port Corporation chief executive Terry Archer has won the Northland Regional Council (NRC) Whangārei urban byelection.
Archer, 69, won the constituency byelection ahead of seven other candidates in voting which closed at noon today. I m excited about it. I am looking forward to contributing to the future of the NRC and Northland, Archer said. I was elected in the Whangārei urban constituency but see my constituency as being the whole of Northland.