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It's a tall order for governors who don't have troops in the assembly

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Meru County governor-elect Faith Kawira Mwangaza with her husband Murega Baichu. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Governors are poised to be sworn into office immediately after the gazettement of their victory as residents wait for them to fulfil campaign promises.

But for voters in areas where ward representatives do not belong to the same party as the county chiefs, it will be a matter of applying a wait-and-watch approach.

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