Orero Challenges Imran’s Victory in Kibra ODM Nominations

Raila Odinga-led Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Kibra parliamentary seat aspirant Peter Orero Ochieng has rushed to the party’s Dispute Tribunal to challenge Bernard Otieno Okoth (Imran)’s victory.

Orero reportedly claims that the register that was used during the primaries was doctored to favor Imran.

Aspirant Peter Orero has gone to the party's Dispute Tribunal challenging Bernard Otieno Okoth (Imran)'s victory in the just concluded ODM Kibra parliamentary nominations claiming that the register used during the primaries was doctored to favour Imran. pic.twitter.com/lQnOhrOL00

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Imran was declared as Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate for the Kibra by-election scheduled for November 7 after the primaries that were held on Saturday.

Imran Okoth, who is the brother to the late Ken Okoth, trounced nine other aspirants with 4382 votes.

Peter Orero emerged second with 1218 votes while John Otieno was third with 906 votes.

The nominations kicked off at 7 am and closed at 5 pm on Saturday.

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The exercise was marred by delays and several voters’ names were found to be missing from the IEBC register in most polling stations.

However, Mac Oremo, the Returning Officer who announced the results, maintained that the exercise was conducted smoothly.