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Murang'a governor-elect Irungu Kang'ata has embarked on the latest phase in his fairy tale political odyssey that has seen him rise from student leader to councillor to MP to senator and now governor.
Mr Kang'ata garnered 256,561 votes to emerge the winner on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket and succeed second-term governor Mwangi wa Iria.
His closest rival and former minister Jamleck Kamau, who was running on a Jubilee ticket, managed just 91,164 votes in his third failed attempt to lead the county.
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