Homabay County August 2022 General Election Live Results

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• All four incumbent MPs in Siaya to fly ODM flag in August polls
• Divisions in ODM as aspirants cry foul over nominations
• Other County Governor Election Results:
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• I was not consulted to back Gladys Wanga – Kidero
• Women Rep : Homa Bay

The survey placed Wanga ahead of the gubernatorial race by 57.07% followed by Kidero with 38.04%. He blamed the police for taking sides during the electioneering period, accusing them of failing to arrest goons who meted violence against his supporters. He argued the results were doctored to suit interests through a list which had been circulating in the county three days to the election. Out of 40 elected MCAs, 38 of them were elected on ODM ticket in 2017. But as the MPs bagged the ODM ticket, most MCAs lost to their opponents. Speaking when she released the results at Homa Bay Boys High School on Friday, Angote told aspirants who were not satisfied with the results to register their complaints with their national office.

Homa Bay governor candidate on an ODM ticket Gladys Wanga votes at Alara Korayo Primary School in Rangwe constituency on August 9, 2022. ODM is the dominant party in Homa Bay and many residents support the candidature of Raila Odinga who is the Azimio-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate. Provisional results show Kidero leads in some polling stations in Homa Bay town, Ndhiwa, Suba North and Suba South constituencies while Wanga is leading in a number of polling stations in Karachuonyo, Kasipul and Kabondo Kasipul constituencies.

All four incumbent MPs in Siaya to fly ODM flag in August polls

The party had announced three possible criteria it will use in picking candidates to avert violence and fallout during primaries. Three days later, two people died while two others escaped unhurt after another building which was under construction collapsed in Ruaka, Kiambu. Five people died in separate tragedies after two buildings collapsed in Kasarani and Ruaka within a week in November. The accident happened at the height of the general election campaigns with some leaders calling for speedy action to avert loss of more lives.

•Moline Ngala who contested Woman Representative seat said the returning officer did not announce the results of ODM members who participated in the nomination. He also wants all manual registers used and poll diaries with respect to all the polling stations within the County. He has asked the commission to provide him with the static IP address of each KIEMS kit used during the Homa Bay gubernatorial election, copies of the manual register used during the poll and poll diaries used on August 9. Homa Bay gubernatorial candidate Evans Kidero has rejected the county gubernatorial results declared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission . However, Agwanda and Moline Ngala who contested woman representative seat disputed the results. The party primaries were not conducted in Ruma Kaksingri ward in Suba South constituency and Kasgunga ward in Suba North constituency.

Divisions in ODM as aspirants cry foul over nominations

Several aspirants and voters are up in arms with the party NEB for allowing its officials to announce nomination results with irregularities. “I will be the people’s governor in Homa Bay and will always be at hand to serve you all the time,” he told his supporters. “Elections are generally meant to give the people an opportunity to democratically choose their leaders to exercise authority on their behalf for a period of time as enshrined in the constitution.

Magwanga said that in any competition however tight it may be, there must be only one winner and thanked the people of Homa Bay who had faith, and confidence by voting for their joint candidature. "In the event, we do not receive the said documents and/or within the time prescribed above, we shall take further legal action as shall deem fit and appropriate." Wanga was declared as the duly elected Homa Bay Governor by Apopa after garnering 244,559 votes against Kidero's 152,184. This is in a quest to challenge the election of Homa Bay governor Gladys Wanga in the courts of law after he disputed the results which were announced by the IEBC County returning Officer Fredrick Apopa.

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Kidero claimed a case over the same was reported at Rangwe Police station, but no action was taken. Two incumbent MPs who were subjected to ODM primaries in Homa Bay won the party tickets after trouncing opponents in their respective constituencies. Kenya Kwanza presidential candidate William Ruto and his wife Rachel Ruto join religious leaders on the dais at the Bomas of Kenya National Tallying Centre, awaiting the official pronouncement of 2022 presidential election winner. Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga notably absent from the venue.

The aspirants want to succeed Governor Cyprian Awiti, but they have not met and agreed to pick one of them as a candidate for the ODM ticket. Party leader Raila Odinga said they would prioritise consensus among aspirants to enable them approach the general election as a united team. According to the pollster, Consortium of Researchers on Governance Africa, the race for Homa Bay governorship is still tight. A direct ticket would be given to a person whose opinion poll is popular and leads.

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There are a total of 19 divisions, with 116 locations and 226 sub-locations. • Total1,131,950Time zoneUTC+3 Websitehomabay.go.keHoma Bay County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of Kenya. The county has a population of 1,131,950 and an area of 3,154.7 km2.

“It is unbelievable that armed gangs could access polling stations to flash out our agents, beat them up in the full glare of security officers and leave at their own pleasure without any action from security enforcers,” he said. “At Wachara polling station alone, I had over 2,000 votes and I expected several others in other polling stations but the returning officer gave me 2,233 only overall. Local elections were held in Homa Bay County to elect a Governor and County Assembly on 4 March 2013.

Following the incident, President William Ruto ordered security agencies to deal "firmly, decisively and conclusively" with the perpetrators. The Modern Coast bus accident at Nithi bridge in Tharaka Nithi County on July 24 was one of the worst tragedies recorded in the country this year. Five MCA aspirants from Gem West in Rangwe constituency also decried the malpractice.

All the four incumbent MCAs from Homa Bay Town constituency lost the ticket to their rivals. Raila Odinga's former aide Caroli Omondi was handed the ticket for Suba South parliamentary seat. Direct ticket was also handed to Homa Bay Woman Representative Gladys Wanga to contest gubernatorial seat as well as Senator Moses Kajwang to defend his seat. See below for the unofficial results of all the contested elections that appeared on Bay County ballots. Uncontested races are not listed unless a write-in candidate was noted in the results.

I am particularly disappointed to see the will of the people of Homa Bay being thwarted with impunity yet again." He alleged incidences of voter bribery, voter intimidation, mishandling of our agents and those of other independent candidates by presiding officers and an organized gang among other issues took place. Speaking at his home in Asumbi a day after the declaration of the results in the Rangwe constituency, Kidero alleged that there were many electoral malpractices and anomalies which were committed during the whole elections process. The results were announced despite Kidero’s absence at the Tom Mboya University College, the county's main tallying centre.

ODM still has a hectic time in choosing a gubernatorial candidate in Homa Bay if the latest opinion poll result is anything to go by. 11 people, including eight police officers and a local chief, were on November 24 killed by cattle rustlers in Turkana East. It remains to be seen if the former Prime Minister will push the new government to reconstruct the bridge after he missed the country's top seat in the August 9 general election. Speaking at various centres in Meru, then-Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga promised to re-construct the killer Nithi Bridge if elected president.

It has 40 wards, each represented by an MCA to the assembly in Homa Bay town as its headquarters. Chaos breaks out at the Bomas of Kenya National Tallying Centre with IEBC Commissioners split over the final results of the 2022 presidential election. Chairman Wafula Chebukati explains why TV stations are displaying different presidential election results. Official results will follow the certification process from state and county election officials.

Owino said election officials ignored many polling stations in announcing the results. This comes after a hotly-contested election that pit the two vocal leaders against each other, with Wanga rising from the immediate former woman representative to governor. All of the above members of parliament were elected on ODM party tickets led by the former prime minister, The Right Honourable Raila Amollo Odinga.