Seven candidates cleared to run in Kibra by-election

Malassen Hamida (third right), a United Green Movement party nominee in the Kibra mini-poll, and her Ukweli Party Counterpart Editar Ochieng’ (second left) with their supporters during the IEBC nomination certificate presentation at City Council Engineering Department offices on Ngong Road, Nairobi, yesterday. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Seven aspirants have been cleared by the electoral agency to contest the Kibra Parliamentary mini-poll.

More hopefuls are expected to be cleared by 4pm today, when the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will close the vetting.