NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 20 – The Council of Governors (CoG) will hold its annual elections to pick a new set of officials on January 27, 2022.
CoG made the announcement on Monday adding that the new team will manage the transition after the 2022 General Election.
Forty-seven county governors who are members of the council will elect a new Chairperson to replace Embu’s Martin Wambora who was elected to the position on January 29, 2021, a for a one-year term.
“This will be the last election under the current regime and will be responsible for a smooth transition of the leadership of the council,” Wambora said.
Five Governors have served in the capacity since the establishment of CoG beginning with the inaugural Chairperson Isaac Ruto (Bomet).
Others who have chaired the council include Peter Munya (Meru), Josphat Nanok (Turkana) and Wambora’s predecessor Wycliffe Oparanya (Kakamega).
Oparanya served a second term after he was reelected unopposed on January 20, 2020, amid handshake politics driven the March 2018 truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Kakamega Governor’s party leader Raila Odinga.
The election will be held just six months to the General Election and at the height of political realignments with governors divided into two major camps; that support Deputy President William Ruto’s presidential bid and another allied to Odinga.
