Bonny Khalwale
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Bonny Khalwale is Kenya
n MP of Ikolomani Constituency
and a former Medical Officer.
He was educated at Kakamega High School
.
His election as an MP in the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007
was nullified in February 2011.
Dr Boni Khalwale won back his Ikolomani seat on the 23rd May 2011, beating off a strong challenge from the Orange Democratic Movement, the dominant party in the region.
Voters in Ikolomani handed New Ford Kenya’s Dr Khalwale 13,208 votes, followed closely by Mr Bernard Shinali of ODM with 10,702.
Ford People’s Collins Matemba came a distant third with 293 votes.
A total of 24, 592 voters out of the registered 35,833 voted in the 63 polling stations in a by-election seen as a fight between ODM and New Ford-K.
The victory for the man popularly referred to as the bull-fighter over Mr Shinali, whom he defeated with a slim margin of 200 votes in the 2007 elections, must have been a relief given the high profile campaigns mounted by the ODM leadership led by deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi.
The defeat is a blow not only to Mr Mudavadi but also ODM which was restamping its authority in the region where it has more MPs than any other party.
Dr Khalwale’s victory may be interpreted as a boost to the presidential ambitions of Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa who camped in the constituency to campaign alongside Housing minister Soita Shitanda for the New Ford-K candidate.
Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) chairman Isaack Ahmed Hassan said the results released were provisional as the person mandated to give the final results was the returning officer in Ikolomani.
Mr Hassan commended the officials in Ikolomani for the speedy transmission. He said the results for the final polling centre was transmitted to the IIEC electronic tallying centre at Laico Regency hotel in Nairobi at exactly 7.57pm. (LIVETEXT: Khalwale wins back Ikolomani seat)
“This was the fastest time recorded by IIEC since the introduction of the electronic transmission of election results,” he said.
Allegations of bribery and intimidation marked the by-election as voters sought to right the wrongs that led to the nullification of Dr Khalwale’s victory in February. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Khalwale+victory+after+tough+fight+/-/1064/1168116/-/wyawut/-/index.html
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
n MP of Ikolomani Constituency
Ikolomani Constituency
Ikolomani Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Kakamega District. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections.- Members of Parliament :- Wards :...
and a former Medical Officer.
He was educated at Kakamega High School
Kakamega High School
Kakamega high school is a four year high school located in Kakamega, Kenya. It was formerly known as African Government School Kakamega. It is categorized by the Ministry of Education Kenya as a provincial school...
.
His election as an MP in the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007
Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections in Kenya were held as part of the Kenyan general election on December 27, 2007; presidential elections were held on the same date....
was nullified in February 2011.
Dr Boni Khalwale won back his Ikolomani seat on the 23rd May 2011, beating off a strong challenge from the Orange Democratic Movement, the dominant party in the region.
Voters in Ikolomani handed New Ford Kenya’s Dr Khalwale 13,208 votes, followed closely by Mr Bernard Shinali of ODM with 10,702.
Ford People’s Collins Matemba came a distant third with 293 votes.
A total of 24, 592 voters out of the registered 35,833 voted in the 63 polling stations in a by-election seen as a fight between ODM and New Ford-K.
The victory for the man popularly referred to as the bull-fighter over Mr Shinali, whom he defeated with a slim margin of 200 votes in the 2007 elections, must have been a relief given the high profile campaigns mounted by the ODM leadership led by deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi.
The defeat is a blow not only to Mr Mudavadi but also ODM which was restamping its authority in the region where it has more MPs than any other party.
Dr Khalwale’s victory may be interpreted as a boost to the presidential ambitions of Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa who camped in the constituency to campaign alongside Housing minister Soita Shitanda for the New Ford-K candidate.
Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) chairman Isaack Ahmed Hassan said the results released were provisional as the person mandated to give the final results was the returning officer in Ikolomani.
Mr Hassan commended the officials in Ikolomani for the speedy transmission. He said the results for the final polling centre was transmitted to the IIEC electronic tallying centre at Laico Regency hotel in Nairobi at exactly 7.57pm. (LIVETEXT: Khalwale wins back Ikolomani seat)
“This was the fastest time recorded by IIEC since the introduction of the electronic transmission of election results,” he said.
Allegations of bribery and intimidation marked the by-election as voters sought to right the wrongs that led to the nullification of Dr Khalwale’s victory in February. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Khalwale+victory+after+tough+fight+/-/1064/1168116/-/wyawut/-/index.html