- In the National Assembly, Ruto's United Democratic Alliance party has 137 members elected on the UDA outfit's ticket.
- ODM party's numbers in the National Assembly reduced from 85 to 83 in just one day.
Opposition chief Raila Odinga's parliamentary numbers dwindled on Friday after losing two parliamentary seats in Garissa and Kilifi.
Raila's ODM party's numbers in the National Assembly reduced from 85 to 83 in just one day, posing a major political headache for the opposition chief.
Raila is already battered following raids by President William Ruto that have seen a number of ODM lawmaker pledge shift allegiance to the ruling Kenya Kwanza alliance.
In the National Assembly, Ruto's United Democratic Alliance party has 137 members elected on the UDA outfit's ticket.
In Raila's strategic Kilifi stronghold, his key ally Harrison Kombe kissed the dust after the High Court in Malindi overturned his victory in the August 9 general election.
Kombe lost his Mgarini seat on Friday following a petition by a UDA candidate in last year's general election Stanley Kenga.
The Malindi High Court ordered a by-election in Magarini, one of the seven constituencies in Kilifi county, citing massive irregularities in the August 9 general election.
The High Court in Nairobi nullified the election of ODM's Lagdera MP Abdikadir Hussein following a petition filed by UDA’s Abdiqani Zeitun.
Hussein, who ran on Raila's ODM Party ticket, had received 5,939 votes to defeat Abdiqani Zeitun of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party.
Mohamed Hire of the Kenya African Union (KANU) Party came third with 3,277 votes.
The first runner-up, Abdiqani, filed a suit at the High Court, challenging Hussein’s victory, citing electoral malpractice.
The High Court ruled that there were elements of irregularities in the parliamentary election, and directed that re-election be held on a date to be decided upon by the EBC.
President Ruto and Raila are now bracing for a political showdown in Kilifi and Garissa following the fall of the two ODM lawmakers.