Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi has clinched the Jubilee party ticket for the August 8 polls.
Wamatangi won with 206,282 votes as Ngewa MCA Karungo wa Thangwa came second with 178, 814 votes.
The Senator is among the few leaders in Kiambu county to win Jubilee tickets after heavyweights suffered heavy losses.
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The county will have majority of aspirants flying the Jubilee party as fresh entrants as incumbents were drowned in the ongoing nominations.
Kabete MP Ferdinand Waititu won the Kiambu county Jubilee nominations beating incumbent Governor William Kabogo by a wide margin.
Waititu garnered 353,604 votes, while Kabogo got 69,916 votes. Kabogo already conceded defeat as results trickled in from Kiambu Jubilee's primaries on Tuesday.
Preliminary results showed that the Governor was trailing his longtime rival Waititu.
Current Women representative was also beaten by journalist and first timer Gathoni wa Muchomba who garnered over 374000 with the
Thika Town MP Alice Ng’ang’a seems likely to hold on to the seat for another term after clinching victory in Tuesday’s Jubilee Party primaries.
She garnered 15,880 votes, beating her closest rival Eng Patrick Wainaina who got 14,731 votes. Businessman Morris Mburu came a distant third with 3,127.