Tharaka Nithi, Embu, Nyeri, and Muranga’a have topped Mt Kenya counties where Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga has posted dismal performance following Tuesday’s election.
Results show Raila has got 10, 581 or 9.27 per cent of votes counted in Tharaka Nithi county.
UDA candidate William Ruto has scooped 89.85 per cent of the votes or 114,140 votes, showing his political authority in the region.
In Embu, Raila has secured only 11.60 per cent (10, 195 votes) against Ruto’s 87.57 per cent (76, 694 voted) of the votes.
Raila also posted dismal results in Murang’a where he got 18.65 per cent representing 176, 438 votes with the DP scooping 80.1 per cent or 510, 777 votes.
In Nyeri, Raila has got about 15.01 per cent (34, 617 votes) of the votes cast against the DP’s 84.32 per cent (195, 233 votes).
Raila has also struggled in Kirinyaga, the home turf of his running mate Martha Karua.
The results show that he got about 14.08 per cent or 11, 644 votes against Ruto’s 85.12 or 70, 388 votes that have so far been tallied.
The ODM leader has posted the best performance in Nakuru and President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Kiambu backyard.
In Nakuru, he has got about 30.79 per cent of the votes counted.
This translates to 170, 286 votes compared to Ruto’s 379, 620 votes or 68.63 per cent.
Nakuru is one of the counties where Raila and Ruto camped, hoping to get a chunk of the over one million votes there.
In Kiambu, Raila performance averages 25.38 per cent against Ruto’s 73.61 per cent.
This represents 177, 262 votes for Raila and 514, 066 votes for the DP.
Raila's performance averages 22.86 per cent in Meru where he has strong foot soldiers including Agriculture CS Peter Munya and Governor Kiraitu Murungi.
As results continued to stream in, the ODM boss secured 63, 858 votes against Ruto’s 212, 984, or 76.10 per cent of the votes.
In Laikipia, the former Prime Minister has secured 14, 522 votes representing an average performance of 26.04 per cent.
Ruto, on the other hand, is at 40, 855, or 73.25 per cent of the votes show fast tallied.
In Nyandarua, Raila’s performance is at 20.51 per cent (47, 808 votes) against Ruto’s 78.71 per cent (183, 504 votes so far tallied.)
