This archive report was first published on 19 November 2019.
On November 19, 2019, Bernard Imran Okoth was formally sworn in as the new Kibra Member of Parliament.
Okoth, who was flanked by Jubilee Nominated MP Maina Kamanda and Mathare legislator Anthony Oluoch, was sworn in by National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi.
The oath-taking ceremony marked a significant moment for Okoth, who stepped into the shoes left behind by his brother, former area legislator Ken Okoth, who succumbed to cancer in July 2019.
Okoth won the hotly-contested November 7 Kibra by-election, garnering 24,636 votes to his closest rival and Jubilee Party candidate McDonald Mariga's 11,230 votes.
A total of 24 candidates contested for the Kibra parliamentary seat, which fell vacant following Ken Okoth's death.
The mini poll in Kibra was marred by several incidents of alleged voter bribery and pockets of violence, which saw at least three people arrested.
Several MPs welcomed Okoth to the National Assembly, with Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan saying, 'Really emotional day for me to welcome Imran Okoth, the new MP for Kibra, to parliament, and to know for sure that the legacy of my late friend and parliamentary colleague Kenneth Okoth will live on.'
