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The 24-year-old, Cynthia Muge who contested in the Kenyan Parliamentary as an independent candidate because she
lacked the funds to obtain the Jubilee Party’s nomination form,yet she defeated
five men to secure the Member of Country Assembly (MCA) seat in
Kilibwoni Ward, Nandi County.
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| Cynthia Muge |
Muge’s chances looked so slim that even her own mother advised her
against running. Without the funds, the University of Nairobi graduate
devised a social media and house-to-house campaign strategy. She polled
8,760 votes, while her closest competitor, Wilson Kiptanui of Jubilee
Party, garnered 8,354 votes. She joins five other women in taking six of
the 30 assembly seats available in Nandi.
Mwirigi Crushes Bigwigs to emerge winner
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| Paul Mwririgi |
If Muge’s story is enthralling, another’s is simply intriguing.
John John Paul Mwirigi, 23, 'broke', jobless and an orphan, ran without a
party against veteran politicians boasting membership of established
political parties. He emerged winner, polling 18, 867 against Jubilee
Party’s Rufus Miriti, who had 15, 411 votes. Three other seasoned
politicians —Mwenda Mzalendo (7,695 votes), Kubai Mutuma (6,331 votes)
and Raphael Muriungi, a Deputy Governor, two-tome ex-MP and former
Assistant Minister (2,278 votes) — placed nowhere near himThe sixth child of eight children from his parents, Mwirigi still
lives in his family home — a local granary in the community! He printed
no campaign posters, and prosecuted his door-to-door campaign on foot
until his former colleagues bought him a motorcycle.
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