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Eight in race to replace one-year legislator who was denied ticket

Bonchari MP Pavel Oimeke. He will not be defending the seat. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Eight candidates have entered the ring to replace Bonchari MP Pavel Oimeke who will not be defending the seat he won through a by-election in May 2021.

Oimeke was elected on an ODM party ticket in a hotly-contested by-election that saw the government deploy huge resources to campaign for Jubilee party's candidate Zebedeo Opore who emerged second in the race.

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