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The day Musikari Kombo’s election win was nullified for engaging in witchcraft

Musikari Kombo.

Engaging in witchcraft can cause a by-election even before a mheshimiwa has recouped all the money spent on campaigns. Indeed, a Cabinet minister lost his parliamentary seat just two years into the job after he was found guilty of engaging in witchcraft.

In a court ruling delivered on November 17, 1994 in Nairobi by judges Emmanuel O’kubasu, GP Mbito and John Mwera, former Webuye MP and Regional Development Cabinet Minister Musikari Kombo, was found guilty of administering traditional oaths to bind and instil fear in voters to elect him during the 1992 General Election.

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