Kogelo 'declares' Clinton US President in mock election

Residents of Kogelo village in Nyang'oma, Siaya county participate in mock elections between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump ahead of the official elections on November 08,2016. In the mock elections, Hillary won by big margin.(photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

Excitement swept through Kogelo village in Siaya County yesterday after Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won a mock election held at President Barack Obama's ancestral home town.

Ms Clinton garnered 78 votes out of the 90 votes cast durig the exercise, with her competitor Donald Trump of the Republican Party, getting a paltry 11 votes.