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Four incumbent governors and several Members of Parliament from Jubilee Party and ODM have lost bid to defend their seats, ahead of August 8, polls.
Governors John Mruttu (Taita Taveta), Benjamin Cheboi (Baringo), Cleophas Lagat (Nandi), and Joseph Ndathi (Kirinyaga) were trounced by their rivals, as they sought party tickets, in primaries.
Mruttu lost to Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwadeghu who garnered 18,421 votes against Mruttu’s 15,911 votes in the Coastal County.
Preliminary results from Eldama-Ravine saw Kiptis lead with 123,505 votes against Cheboi's 6,682 votes, while in Baringo central, Cheboi garnered 4,964 votes against Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), Koibatek branch secretary general Stanley Kiptis' 13,805 votes.
In Nandi, Lagat received a beating from senator Stephen Sang’, with the governor conceding defeat.
He was also facing competition from former Industrialisation Minister Henry Kosgey and former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei.
In Kirinyaga, former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru trounced Joseph Gitari who garnered 46,678 votes, as incumbent governor Joseph Ndathi who got 17, 085 votes, in the Tuesday April 25, Jubilee primaries.
In Kiambu county, Kabete MP beat incumbent governor William Kabogo with a very big margin.
Kabogo addressed the press as vote tallying went on, Tuesday, as he conceded defeat, but blamed his loss to someone who does not want him to be Kiambu governor.
''Someone does not want Kabogo as governor of Kiambu and I am done with it for now!'' Kabogo said.
''Ferdinand Waititu will probably be the next governor of this county and I wish him very well,'' he added.
The party primaries (which kicked off April 13, for ODM), end April 30, 2017.