Nairobi governor candidate, Peter Kenneth with his running mate, Dan Shikanda. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth, who is running for Nairobi governor seat, has been cleared by IEBC and given a nomination certificate.
Kenneth decided to go independent after losing in the Jubilee Party primaries to Nairobi Senator Mike Mbuvi Sonko.
He will now face Sonko in the August 8 general elections.
Mr Kenneth’s running mate is former footballer Dan Shikanda.
Others in the race include incumbent Governor Evans Kidero (ODM) and Miguna Miguna (independent).
Another independent governor aspirant, Miguna Miguna, has finally received his nomination certificate after being cleared by IEBC.
Mr Miguna was turned away on Wednesday after he presented 2,000 signatures in image form instead of the required Excel format as stipulated in IEBC nomination regulations.
Miguna also changed his running mate. Last week, he picked James Gathungua but he is now running with Karen Wagenye-Oruko.
He says this was intentional.
"My initial running mate was a decoy to throw cartels off guard," he was quoted by The Nation.
Paul Ongili, popularly known as Babu Owino, has also been cleared to run for the Embakasi East parliamentary seat.
He is running on an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket.