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Agnes Kavindu: The new Machakos Senator-elect

Machakos Senator-elect? Agnes Kavindu speaks after casting her vote during the Machakos Senatorial by-elections at Kathome polling station, in Machakos County on March 18, 2021.  [John Muia, Standard]

Wiper Party's Agnes Kavindu Muthama was declared the winner of the Machakos Senatorial by-election on Friday. She garnered 104,352 votes against her closes competitor Urbanus Ngengele of UDA who got 19,726.

In her rare media interviews, Agnes Muthama identifies herself as a farmer and a preacher having preached through the Biblia Husema Broadcasting studios for over seven years up until 2017 when she immersed herself fully in politics.

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