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It was mother versus son for the Bomet East parliamentary seat which saw Beatrice Kones beat her son, Kipng’etich Kones.
The residents termed the rivalry as ‘unblessed.’ They therefore displayed a show of maturity and voted overwhelmingly for the mother.
Kipng’etich was running under the Chama Cha Mashinani party and received tremendous support from outgoing governor Isaac Ruto.
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Beatrice Kones was running on a Jubilee party ticket.
It was the most anticipated duel in the constituency as it involved members of a nuclear family.
A resident from the area said, “You can never go against your parent and expect to succeed.”
A lecturer at laikipia, University termed the show for the son as political suicide as it was a cultural taboo.
Beatrice gave her son a thrashing of a lifetime by garnering 22796 against Kipng’etich’s 2410.
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