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THE STANDARD By Victor Nzuma | February 3rd 2021 at 10:19:09 GMT +0300 The vehicles which had fake number plates were detained at the Machakos Police Station. [Courtesy] Police have seized three vehicles believed to belong to Machakos County Government after they were allegedly found campaigning for Maendeleo Chapchap candidate in the ongoing senatorial by-election. Officers from the Government Vehicles Check Unit working on a tip off descended on the vehicles in Kathiani constituency while on a campaign trail and seized them. The vehicles which had fake number plates were detained at the Machakos Police Station and the drivers released. The three double cabin vehicles had been mounted with public address systems and posters of the candidate all over. ....
By Mireri Junior | January 29th 2021 at 13:53:39 GMT +0300 Wiper party candidate for Machakos senatorial by-election Agnes Kavindu at Wiper party headquarters Karen in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Contrary to earlier remarks by its county branch officials, ODM has declared its support for Wiper candidate in the Machakos Senatorial by-election. In a statement by the party’s Director of Communications Philip Etale, the Orange party said it has enjoyed a cordial relationship Wiper over the years and recently in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) hence will back Agnes Kavindu in the mini-poll. “In the BBI, the ODM party and Wiper Party share the common position of a better Kenya, a United Kenya and a Prosperous Kenya. We were in CORD together and later on in NASA,” read the statement in parts. ....
By Betty Njeru | December 23rd 2020 at 15:16:16 GMT +0300 Maendeleo Chap Chap party leader Dr Alfred Mutua (right) with the party s candidate for the Machakos Senatorial seat John Katuku. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard] Maendeleo Chap Chap Party has fronted former Cabinet Minister John Mutua Katuku (pictured) as it’s candidate for the Machakos Senate by-election. In a statement, Party leader Dr Alfred Mutua said the decision was arrived at after several discussions and considerations on who was best to succeed the late Senator Boniface Kabaka. “To continue his legacy, after extensive consultations with party leadership, aspirants and the people of Machakos, John Mutua Katuku has joined Maendeleo Chap Chap and will be the party’s candidate in the forthcoming Senate by-elections,” Mutua said. ....