Former Kakamega senator Boni Khalwale during a past campaign. [Photo|Boni Khalwale]Deputy President William Ruto has differed with former Kakamega senator Boni Khalwale over the exact number of people who came out to vote on October 26 in the county.This is after the Ford Kenya deputy party leader, tweeted saying Ruto's point men in the county, failed to deliver.He made the tweet accompanied by a photo with summary of the number of votes President Uhuru Kenyatta had scored in all the 12 constituencies in Kakamega. The votes totaled to 40,808 out of the county's 746,800 registered voters."I warned William Ruto that the brokers he was relying on speak only for themselves. Kakamega has 746,800 voters!" tweeted Khalwale, accompanied by the breakdown on Sunday.However in response, Ruto said: "We got more votes (7.5m) with the 5% (40k) from Kakamega than Tinga obtained (6.8m)with 90% of Kakamega voting for him. Tafakari / ujipange."
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Ruto, Khalwale differ over number of votes cast in Kakamega county
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