Uhuru Kenyatta's advisor Joe Nyagah has quit the job at State House to run as an independent candidate.

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The former Gachoka MP (now Mbeere South constituency) said he had already cleared with the relevant bodies.

According to the Star, he declined to state what post he will contest but said he will state the position at the weekend.

Over the last week, there were reports that Nyagah had quit his job.

He had been spotted at the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties in Nairobi.

Nyagah was appointed Minister for Cooperative Development by Raila Odinga when he was Prime Minister and Mwai Kibaki President in the Grand Coalition Government.