Popular musician cum politician Charles Njagua has scooped Starehe Constituency in Nairobi after the election on Tuesday.
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Njagua, famous for
his alias Jaguar from Jubilee party bagged 52,132
Compared to ODM
candidate Steve Mbogo's 32,357 and prominent activist Boniface Mwangi's 13,413.
Jaguar becomes the
first musician to enter parliament in Kenya and fourth in East Africa. Tanzania
has two, Joseph Haule(Prof J) and Joseph Mbilinyi (Sugu) both from opposition
Chadema, while Uganda has one in Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu also known as Bobi Wine.
Mwangi who contested
on Ukweli Party ticket conceded defeat and congratulated Jaguar. "The
people of Starehe have spoken and l respect their decision," Mwangi wrote
on his Facebook page on Wednesday.
He wished the people
in the Nairobi constituency well.
Mwangi thanked his
campaign team, financial contributors and voters for trusting him and hoping
for a better Kenya.
"We ran an
honest, innovative and revolutionary campaign; we did our best. l am humbled by
the love and support l got from all of you," he said.
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