"Mbwekse!" Leo Wamuthende overjoyed during swearing-in as Mbeere North MP after heated election

Mbeere North MP Leo Wa Muthende Njeru takes oath of office before Speaker Moses Wetangula in Parliament [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Mbeere North's newly elected Member of Parliament, Leo Wamuthende, took to the floor of the National Assembly on Tuesday to take his oath of office, exactly seven days after being declared the winner in a gruelling by-election.

Wamuthende, whose name shot into the national spotlight after former area MP Geoffrey Ruku joined the Cabinet, wore a broad smile as he walked into Parliament, flanked by Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah and Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo.