Lamu Governor-elect Issa Abdalla Timamy will be sworn into office on Thursday.
He will take the oath of office alongside his deputy Raphael Munyua at Mkunguni Square on Lamu Island.
County commissioner Irungu Macharia and Lamu principal magistrate Temba Sitati on Monday said everything is ready for the big day.
The two are members of the assumption of office committee.
The commissioner said adequate security measures have also been taken to ensure peace, law and order prevail.
“We are ready for Thursday’s swearing-in of the governor-elect and his deputy. Security is adequate to ensure the leaders are sworn into office to start serving the people, " Macharia said.
Timamy’s political adviser, Salim Busaidy also said all was set for the ceremony.
“The governor has already hit the ground running. He will be meeting all elected leaders from in Lamu on Tuesday to discuss strategies on how they will be working after the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday," Busaidy said.
Timamy of ANC garnered 24,198 votes in the election to oust Fahim Yasin Twaha of Jubilee who polled 16,054 votes.
The Lamu gubernatorial race featured two other candidates — former deputy governor Eric Mugo of Narc-Kenya who got 2,151 votes and Umra Omar Bwana of Safina who garnered 7,556 votes.
Timamy's swearing-in will proceed despite a looming petition expected to be filed by Twaha.
Twaha has lamented that the August 9 election in Lamu was bungled and was marred with irregularities, voter intimidation and violence.
He singled out Kizingitini Primary School tallying centre in Lamu East, where he alleged that ballot boxes had been stuffed by IEBC presiding officers after agents left the stations.
“The results were tampered with and changed. There was lots of violence and intimidation. And for these reasons, we’re weighing our options, including heading to court to challenge Timamy’s win,” Twaha said.
(Edited by Tabnacha O)
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