[Ford Kenya deputy party leader, Kakamega senator and gubernatorial aspirant Bonny Khalwale. Photo/Twitter] 

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Ford Kenya deputy party leader Bonny Khalwale has congratulated the ODM party, for nullifying Busia primaries. 

The April 13 nominations (gubernatorial) in Busia county were nullified by the ODM National Election Board (NEB), Friday, after they were marred by rigging allegations.

 

Incumbent governor Sospeter Ojaamong' and Funyula MP Paul Otouma, were facing each other. Ojaamong' had emerged the winner with 92,358 votes against his challenger Otuoma's 63,752 votes, when complaints emerged, forcing the Judith Pareno-led Board to interverne. 

''Congratulations @TheODMparty for canceling those controversial Busia Gubernatorial nomination results,'' said the Kakamega senator, who is eyeing to unseat incumbent Wycliffe Oparanya.  According to Khalwale's twitter post, it would be fair for the primaries to be repeated, for democracy to prevail. 

''In view of the above reasons, the Board has made a decision to nullify the Busia gubernatorial nomination results and ordered a repeat exercise on Tuesday 25th April 2017,'' said Pareno.