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Former Bungoma Governor Ken Lusaka elected Senate Speaker

By Mercy Asamba | Aug. 31, 2017

Newly–elected Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka 

Former Bungoma Governor Ken Lusaka has been elected Speaker of the Senate after garnering  42 votes againts his closest challenger, NASA’s Farah Maalim, who got 25 votes.

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