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Mbeere North MP-elect Leonard Njeru Wamuthende defends his narrow win.[Screen grab]
Mbeere North MP-elect Leonard Njeru Wamuthende has defended his narrow win in the just-concluded by-election, blaming voter bribery, intimidation, and orchestrated chaos for the tight margin.
Wamuthende who garnered 15,802 votes, edged out his closest rival, Newton Kariuki Karish, in what has become one of the most hotly contested polls in the constituency’s recent history by a paltry 500 votes.
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