2013 Busia local elections

Local elections were held in Busia County to elect a Governor and County Assembly on 4 March 2013.^[1] Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general elections were the first in which Governors and members of the County Assemblies for the newly created counties were elected. They will also be the first general elections run by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) which has released the official list of candidates.^[2]

Gubernatorial election

Candidate	Running Mate	Coalition	Party	Votes
Esyepet, Vincent Sidai	Baraza, Austen Omonyo		United Democratic Forum Party	--
Imo, Philemon Lameck	Oyatsi, Francis Lawrence		FORD–Kenya	--
Ojaamongson, Sospeters Odeke	Wangalwa, Kizito Osore	Cord	Orange Democratic Movement	--
Okwara, Benjamin Onyango	Wandrea, Samuel		Safina	--
Were, Alice Betty	Ongaro, Stephen Lulalire		Labour Party	--

Prospective candidates

The following are some of the candidates who have made public their intentions to run:^[3]^[4]

Philemon Imo
Sospeter Ojaamong
Vincent Sidai
Kizito Wangalwa

References

^ "Kenya to hold polls in March 2013, says elections body". The Citizen. 18 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
^ "NOMINATED CANDIDATES FOR THE 4TH MARCH, 2013 GENERAL ELECTION". Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
^ OBONYO, OSCAR. "Sitting MPs drive away newcomers' support". The Standard. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Rare drama as residents grill aspirants in debate". The Standard. Retrieved 27 March 2017.