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Kenya Kwanza and Azimio shift election battle to control of top seats in Parliament

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Senators in session in March 2020. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

After the declaration of the presidential results, the battle now moves to the National Assembly and Senate where the jostling for position of Speaker and other top seats has begun in earnest.

A series of meetings by president-elect William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza Alliance and Raila Odinga's Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya indicated that each of the formations is not leaving anything to chance.

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