{"id":66683,"date":"2022-08-30T15:01:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/udas-chebor-beats-raymond-moi-to-win-rongai-mp-seat"},"modified":"2022-08-30T15:22:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:22:24","slug":"udas-chebor-beats-raymond-moi-to-win-rongai-mp-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/udas-chebor-beats-raymond-moi-to-win-rongai-mp-seat","title":{"rendered":"UDA&#8217;s Chebor beats Raymond Moi to win Rongai MP seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>United Democratic Alliance candidate for Rongai parliamentary seat Paul Chebor is now the MP-elect.<\/p>\n<p>Chebor trounced his closest competitor and incumbent MP Raymond Moi to win the seat.<\/p>\n<p>Moi was vying on the independent party ticket, Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>Chebor garnered 27,021 votes in the election with Moi coming in distant second with 14,715 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Former area MP, Luka Kigen was third with 593 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Moi was seeking a third term in office after having served for the last two consecutive terms.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after being declared the Rongai MP-elect at Nakuru Technical Training College, Chebor pledged to work with his competitors for the betterment of the people of Rongai.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked the electorate for trusting him with the leadership role and pledged to maintain peace .<\/p>\n<p>The area MP elections were cancelled on August 9 over alleged mix-up of ballot papers.<\/p>\n<p>The elections were rescheduled to Monday August 29.<\/p>\n<p>The election was marred with low voter turn out as only 50 percent of the registered voters came out to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Rongai has 84,625 registered voters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. United Democratic Alliance candidate for Rongai parliamentary seat Paul Chebor is now the MP-elect. Chebor trounced his closest competitor and incumbent MP Raymond Moi to win the seat. Moi was vying on the independent party ticket, Kanu. 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