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Kenya polls: Raila gets 26 votes in Ruto’s polling station in Sugoi

Two leading presidential candidates casting their votes (PHOTO /Courtesy)

Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga garnered 26 votes in DP William Ruto’s Polling station in Sugoi.

Raila had 14 votes in stream one and 12 votes in stream two. While Ruto had 891 votes from the two streams.

Agano party leader David Mwaure had two votes while Root Party’s George Wajackoyah got zero votes.

The Kenya Kwanza presidential candidate cast his vote alongside his wife, Mama Rachel Ruto.

This will be his first attempt to contest the presidential race after serving as Uhuru Kenyatta’s deputy for the last 10 years.

IEBC officials took DP Ruto’s biometrics before he cast his vote at Sugoi polling station.

Speaking to the media, Ruto said that the exercise for choosing leaders for the next five years was underway.

“It has been very good that after so many months of campaigning and selling our manifesto and agenda, finally, the D-day is here. Everybody here wants a peaceful process and we even had a spontaneous prayer before voting,” he added.

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