Tight race in Bomachoge Borabu poll

Peter Kimori of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) took an early lead before being toppled by The National Alliance (TNA) candidate Joel Onyancha, reclaiming it and losing out again/FILE

Peter Kimori of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) took an early lead before being toppled by The National Alliance (TNA) candidate Joel Onyancha, reclaiming it and losing out again.

As at 9.17pm Onyancha had garnered 9,451 votes while Onyancha, who is defending the seat, had 8,655 votes from 71 of the 80 polling stations.

Albert Nyaundi of Ford-People held the third slot with 2,668 votes while Josiah Maaga of the United Democratic Forum Party (UDFP), Christopher Siambe of the Kenya National Congress (KNC), Samson Mbeche of the Progressive Party of Kenya and Nickson Mosingi of NARC-K brought up the rear with 453, 148, 117 and 47 votes.

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With a decade of storytelling under her belt, Olive Burrows has been with Capital FM for the last four years and perhaps most notably interviewed US President Barack Obama. Committed to asking the hard questions and telling the story in the most engaging way possible, she has also interviewed Melinda Gates, a UK Minister and severally had the opportunity to sit across from President Uhuru Kenyatta and address the pressing issues of the day. Other notables she has had occasion to seek answers from are UN Secretary General António Guterres and John Kerry in his time as US Secretary of State.

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