President Uhuru Kenyatta owes Education Cabinet Secretary following his ability to deliver more votes from Nyamira County, a region perceived to be a NASA stronghold.

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Provisional results shows that Uhuru managed to scoop over 52 percent of votes cast to Odinga’s 46 percent, a sharp contrast of early projections.

In 2013, Odinga managed to score 69 percent of votes from the vote rich county while Uhuru was satisfied with a slim 26 percent.

Weeks to elections, despite Uhuru’s frequent stopovers, Matiang’i moved from village to another with development money for local schools.

His influence is also key behind Jubilee unexpected performance that saw it clinches key seats despite losing badly in 2013.

Shadrack Mose of Kitutu Masaba beat ODM treasurer Timothy Bosire while Joash Nyamoko beat ODM’s Charles Geni. Jerusha Momanyi beat Women Representative Alice Chae of ODM.

The governorship race seems tight with Jubilee’s Walter Nyambati seems to be closing gap between him and Governor John Nyagarama of ODM.

NASA only managed West Mugirango seat through Kemosi Mogaka and Ben Momanyi of Borabu through Wiper.