This archive report was first published on 9 September 2019.
On September 9, 2019, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced that six candidates had been cleared to contest for the Kibra parliamentary seat in the forthcoming by-elections.
The six candidates include Eliud Owalo of Amani National Congress, Khamisi Butichi of Ford-Kenya, Narc-Kenya's Elijah Abasa, Hamida Mala of Unite Green Movement, independent candidate Fridah Kerubo, and Ukweli Party's Editar Ochieng's rival, although Ochieng herself was turned down after failing to provide necessary documents.
ODM's candidate Bernard Okoth, however, will have to wait for a party disputes tribunal to dispense with the petition filed by William Orero, challenging the fairness of the party primaries.
The by-election is slated for November 6th, and only the six cleared candidates out of 26 aspirants will be eligible to contest.
Speaking after getting the approval, Ford-Kenya's candidate Khamisi Butichi, accompanied by party leader Senator Moses Wetangula, expressed confidence in recapturing the seat the party last won in 1997.
