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A section of governors and deputy governors during induction in Mombasa County. [Standard]
After hours in a closed-door meeting held in Mombasa County, governors yesterday resolved to elect the leadership of the powerful Council of Governors through a secret ballot.
The governors who are in the coastal town for a three-day induction rejected the proposal to elect the CoG chair and other officials through consensus or acclamation, fearing hostility in their political formations. On Thursday night, Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition presidential candidate in the August 9 election, Raila Odinga met governors allied to him and asked them to vote for one of their own.
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