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Jubilee's Samuel Chepkong'a loses Ainabkoi seat to Independent candidate William Chepkut

Deputy President William Ruto receiving a Bible from Mr William Chepkut outside ICC on October 31, 2013.

The Jubilee Party lost an important parliamentary seat in Deputy President William Ruto’s backyard of Uasin Gishu County to an independent candidate that had initially lost in the party’s primaries.

William Chepkut kept a strong fight lasting over four months to oust outgoing Ainabkoi Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Chepkong’a who also served as the chairperson of the Justice and Legal Committee in Parliament.

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