[Taita Taveta governor Eng John Mruttu (R) and National Assembly Minority Whip, and Wundanyi MP ThomasMwadeghu. Photo/the-star] Just a day after it was revealed that one of the ODM party governor had become the first to be ousted out of the nominations, the party's National Elections Board has released a statement.Taita Taveta governor, John Mruttu, lost in the ongoing ODM nominations to Wudanyi Member of Parliament, Thomas Mwadeghu.Mwadeghu garnered 18,421 votes against Mruttu’s 15,911 votes in the Coastal County.However, the Board's chairperson Judith Pareno says they received the report of the Returning Officer of the Taita Taveta County on the exercise held, Tuesday 18, April 2017.''In the report, the Returning Officer states that the exercise did not take place in five polling stations in Taveta Constituency due to the heavy downpour that made it impossible for people and motor vehicles to access the polling stations, making it difficult for the officials to take election material to the stations.''The five polling stations include Jipe Primary School, Chala Primary School, Mahandakini Primary School, St Joseph Kivukoni Primary School and Chala-Njukini Primary School. In order to allow party members registered in the five polling stations exercise their democratic right, the Board ordered the exercise be done on Saturday 22, April 2017. ''In this regard, results of the exercise in the entire County have been put on hold until after the exercise in the five polling stations is done and votes counted,'' Pareno said, Wednesday.Mruttu had disputed the results, calling for a repeat, citing the five polling stations.

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