[President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto address a public rally in Borabu, Nyamira County, during campaigns. [nation.co.ke]President Kenyatta, and by extension his Jubilee Party has won big in Nyamira and Bungoma Counties.In Bungoma the party won four out of nine MP seats while in Nyamira county it carried two out four seats.  This outstanding performance will significantly shore up Jubilee's strength in the National Assembly. The two seats are Kitutu Masaba where Shadrack Mose sent the incumbent, ODM national treasurer Timothy Bosire packing and North Mugirango, which was won by Joash Nyamoko.Both counties were considered Nasa flag Raila Odinga's bearer strongholds. In Nyamira, Kenyatta carried the day after garnering 101,113 votes constituting 52 per cent of the total votes cast.This was a marked improvement from the 2013 performance when President Kenyatta only managed 54,071 votes, way behind Mr Odinga who garnered 121,590 votes.Odinga, on the other hand, came a close second, with 90,315 votes, constituting 46 per cent of the cast ballots.It would appear President Kenyatta reaped the fruits of the many visits he made to the county on the campaign’s homestretch.But it is not the President’s visits only which may have swayed voters to his side. It should be remembered that Acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i comes from Nyamira County.Dr Matiang’i campaigned aggressively in the county, traversing the constituencies several times in the company of Social Protection Principal Secretary Susan Mochache, hunting for votes for the Jubilee presidential candidate.

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