Kilifi woman representative Aisha Jumwa has won the highly contested ODM nominations for
the Malindi ticket. She defeated Incumbent Willy Mtengo by 8,436 votes to 3,758 votes.
The results
were announced by returning officer Samuel Ochieng at the Barani Secondary School tallying centre, Malindi town, at 3.30 am.
All MCA aspirants allied to her also won, as well as woman representative hopeful Gertrude Mbeyu (Kibarani MCA).
Jumwa thanked the entire
election coordination team, voters and security team for ensuring the exercise
ran smoothly.
“Malindi
people have decided. The journey has just began. I urge my opponent Mtengo
to join hands with me to ensure we win the seat on August 8," she said.
Mtengo was not present at the tallying centre to receive the news.
He dismissed the results and urged ODM to
nullify them and call for fresh nominations as there were massive
irregularities.
Addressing a
press conference in his office,
Mtengo said ODM was not prepared for the exercise and that is why it
lacked transparency.
“We might go
as independent candidate, or might help Phillip Charo. We will make sure Aisha
Jumwa does not become the MP for Malindi," he said.
Jumwa will be given the nomination certificate this morning.
Mtengo blamed
Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi for not intervening to help address the issues
raised.
“If Kingi
won't intervene we are prepared and will
take our stand somewhere else," he said.
Mtengo
has served as Malindi MP for one year. He was elected during a by-election on March 8
last year after former MP Dan Kazungu was appointed Mining CS by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The MCAs allied to Jumwa who won are Jared Chokwe (Malindi
Town, 760), Nixon Mramba (Kakuyuni, 2,012), Adamson Mwathethe (Shella, 1,675),
Daniel Chiriba (Jilore, 1,587) and Abdul Omar of Ganda ward with 1,246 votes.
