{"id":66692,"date":"2022-08-30T15:02:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/abdulswamad-nassir-takes-lead-in-mombasa-governor-race"},"modified":"2022-08-30T15:24:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:24:16","slug":"abdulswamad-nassir-takes-lead-in-mombasa-governor-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/abdulswamad-nassir-takes-lead-in-mombasa-governor-race","title":{"rendered":"Abdulswamad Nassir takes lead in Mombasa governor race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The Mombasa ODM gubernatorial candidate Abdulswamad Nassir is commanding a lead in five out of six constituencies of Mombasa. https:\/\/bit.ly\/3KtlPE4<\/p>\n<p>The Mombasa ODM gubernatorial candidate Abdulswamad Nassir is commanding a lead in five out of six constituencies of Mombasa.<\/p>\n<p>According to the results released by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Nassir is leading in Jomvu, Changamwe, Nyali, Mvita and Likoni constituencies with 97,286 votes.<\/p>\n<p>His competitor who is the UDA candidate Hassan Omar garnered 77,358 votes in the five constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>Tallying is still ongoing in Kisauni constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The two candidates faced stiff competition where Nassir had 15,629 votes in Jomvu constituency while Hassan Omar had 11,038 votes.<\/p>\n<p>In Changamwe constituency, Nassir had 17,740 votes against his competitor Omar who had 15,898 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Nassir who served as a member of parliament in Mvita constituency for 10 years received 24,406 votes in the area whereas Omar had 19,086 votes.<\/p>\n<p>In Nyali Constituency, there was only a difference of 807 votes where Nassir had a total of 22,387 votes and Omar 21,580 votes.<\/p>\n<p>In Likoni, Nassir had 17,425 votes against his competitor Omar who had 9,756 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The election attracted a list of seven candidates including Hezron Awiti (VDP) who has 705 votes in the five constituencies, William Kingi (PAA) and the deputy governor of Mombasa has a total number of 471 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Kitsao (Independent) has 219 votes in the five constituencies while Shafii Makazi (Upia) has 391 votes, Said Abdhalla (Usawa) has 271 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, celebrations rocked Mombasa Central Business District after it became apparent that Nassir is leading in many polling centres.<\/p>\n<p>Jomvu MP-elect Badi Twalib said that Nassir is a visionary leader and a focused person whom they believe will take Mombasa to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNassir is a leader that I personally as an MP of Jomvu I have worked with for 10 years at the National Assembly and he has been so close to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Twalib said that the party has enough supporters and that they were not surprised with the results that were announced by the electoral commission after the general elections.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Abdulswamad Nassir takes lead in Mombasa governor race\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TGbXpfMKpng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/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. The Mombasa ODM gubernatorial candidate Abdulswamad Nassir is commanding a lead in five out of six constituencies of Mombasa. https:\/\/bit.ly\/3KtlPE4 The Mombasa ODM gubernatorial candidate Abdulswamad Nassir is commanding a lead in five out of six constituencies of Mombasa. 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