The winner of the just concluded Ugenya Parliamentary by-election David Ochieng has send Deputy President Dr William Samoei Ruto a special message of thanks.
Ochieng thanked Ruto for supporting his campaign.
In a message following his triump in the Friday polls, Ochieng said, “Victory at last! The people of Ugenya have spoken and they have spoken it loudly. I want to take this time to thank the people of Ugenya, Deputy President William Ruto who supported my campaign, my party MDG and Kenyans who prayed for me during my campaign.’
“I promise not to let the people of Ugenya down. Now is the time to get down to work. Many thanks.”
On Saturday morning, Ruto took to Twitter to congratulate Ochieng and Wiper’s Julius Mawathe who retained his Embakasi South seat.
He said, “Congratulations Ochieng (Ugenya) & Mawathe (Embakasi) for your God given victory. Jameni wacheni MUNGU aitwe MUNGU (Let God be called God). The hustler nation has spoken, the people have decided. GLORY TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD.”
A by-election was called in Ugenya after the nullification of ODM Chris Karan’s victory.
In the by-election, Ochieng garnered 18,730 votes against Karan’s 14,507.
In the run up to the by-election, Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga said he would deny Ugenya development goodies if they didn’t vote for Karan.
Ochieng was the MP for Ugenya between 2012 and 2017.