KNUT chairman Mudzo Nzili and Secretary General Wilson Sossion. Sossion is likely to be nominated to the National Assembly being among the top names in ODM's list as uploaded on IEBC website. [Photo: the-star.co.ke]Nominated Senator Beth Mugo and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Wilson Sossion are almost very sure of being nominated to the Senate and National Assembly respectively.Mugo and Sossion top the nomination lists of their respective parties in the two houses of Parliament as uploaded by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on its website.According to nomination rules, priority is given to names that appear at the top of the party lists.Mugo tops the Jubilee Party list for the 20 slots required for nomination in the Senate. The other Jubilee nominees on the list include Milgo Chepkorir, who lost the party’s woman rep nomination in Bomet, at position two, Millicent Omanga at position three, Christine Zawadi at position four and Kajiado woman Rep Mary Seneta.Isaac Mwaura, current nominated MP on ODM ticket, is poised for Jubilee nomination in the Senate to represent the interests of persons with disabilities alongside Joyce Amason.The slots available for nomination to the Senate are distributed as 16 for women, two for youth and the other two for the disabled. However, the distribution of the 16 women slots among parties will depend on how all the political parties will perform in the August 8 elections.In ODM, which is part of Nasa, Zani tops the list while Judith Pareno, the chairperson of ODM’s National Elections Board, is placed at position two.Beatrice Kwamboka, who stepped down for Esther Passaris in the party’s Nairobi woman rep race, is number three on the list.In the National Assembly, ODM has former Labour PS Jacqueline Oduol topping the list for the required 12 slots, Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary-General Wilson Sossion is second followed by Migori Woman Rep Denitah Ghati.The Jubilee list has MPs Maina Kamanda (Starehe) followed by Cecily Mbarire (Runyenjes) and Bishop Jackson Koske. City lawyer Jennifer Shamalla is placed at number four.

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