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Dekow Mohamed Barrow receives a certificate from IEC RO Abdi Yunis (left) after being declared winner at Garissa University. [Abdimalik Haji, Standard]
UDA's Dekow Mohamed Barrow is the winner of the just concluded Garissa Township parliamentary by-election. Dekow clinched the seat after garnering 11,572 votes against UDM's Nasir Dolal who got 8,158 votes.
The by-election attracted six candidates including Ibrahim Malow of Narc Kenya who garnered 840 votes and ODM's Abdifaisal Amin (ODM) who got 447 votes. Former Fafi MP Abdikarim Osman of DP got 59 while Muhiadin Abdirashid of DAP-Kenya garnered 20 votes.
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