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Anger as DP Ruto handpicks candidate to challenge Gideon

Betting Control and Licensing Board member Simon Chelugui addresses residents of Kisanana in Mogotio sub-county last July, when he declared his interest in the Baringo governorship. [PHOTO: File]

The rivalry between Deputy President William Ruto and Baringo Senator Gideon Moi has climbed a notch higher after the former prevailed on a candidate to challenge the senator in the August elections.

Betting Control and Licensing Board member Simon Chelugui, who was seen as a frontrunner for the governor's seat in the county, was last Tuesday forced to abandon his quest and go for the Senate seat instead.

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