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Edwin Sifuna won the Nairobi Senate seat on an ODM ticket in the August 9, 2022 election.

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Sifuna wins Nairobi Senate seat

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NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 14 – Edwin Sifuna of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is the new Senator of Nairobi after winning the Tuesday election.

Sifuna was declared the winner on Sunday morning.

“I really want to thank the people of Nairobi for honouring me with this particular position, I want to assure you that you know my capacity, you know my abilities and you know my work. Every day I will wake to work for the people of the county of Nairobi,” he said.

His competitor from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Bishop Margaret Wanjiru came in second with 524,091 votes.

Also winning from ODM is Esther Passaris who retained her Woman Representative post in a tight contest in which she defeated Millicent Omanga of UDA.

The Governor’s race was won by Senator Johnson Sakaja.

Sakaja handed victory certificate after defeating Igathe in Nairobi Governor’s race

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LABAN WANAMBISI

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