Dr Joyce Laboso wins Bomet Jubilee gubernatorial ticket: Dr Joyce Laboso has been declared the winner of the Bomet governorship ticket in the Jubilee Party nominations.
After a final tally, Dr Laboso garnered 115,289 votes to beat her closet rival, Dr Julius Kones who got 72,546 votes.
In the third place is Stephen Mutai who got 8,895 votes.
The results were announced by the Jubilee Party National Elections Board on Tuesday afternoon.
Dr Laboso will now carry the party’s flag in the August 8 elections where she will fight it out with current governor and Chama Cha Mashinani party leader Isaac Ruto who recently joined the opposition Nasa.
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Not mere party primaries! Why BOMET is a CRUCIAL battleground for Jubilee
Political temperatures are high in Bomet County as National Assembly Deputy Speaker, Joyce Laboso, veteran politician Julius Kones and Stephen Mutai wait battle it out for Jubilee Party’s gubernatorial ticket Tuesday, April 25 2017.
The three aspirants are looking to ouster ‘rebel’ Governor Isaac Ruto – this coming just days after Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) leader officially announced that he would join forces with Opposition coalition National Super Alliance (NASA) in their bid to dethrone Jubilee.
Mr. Ruto was officially welcomed to NASA’s top leadership Friday, with Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga stating that, with the Bomet Governor’s addition, the Oppositions Pentagon was complete.
