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Ex-Egerton don Phyllis Bartoo of UDA clinches Moiben MP seat

Moiben MP Prof Phylis Jepkemoi Bartoo

Prof Phylis Jepkemoi Bartoo (UDA) who has won the Moiben constituency parliamentary seat with 40,892 votes, defeating outgoing MP Silas Kipkoech Tiren who got 8,790 votes.

Photo credit: Jared Nyataya | Nation Media Group

Former Egerton University lecturer Phyllis Bartoo of United Democratic Alliance (UDA) trounced the outgoing Moiben MP Silas Tiren, who vied as an independent candidate, by a wide margin in the August 9, 2022 elections.

Prof Bartoo garnered 40,892 votes to take a decisive lead ahead of Mr Tiren who got 8,790 votes. Another independent candidate, Joseph Lagat, came in third after getting 6,784 votes.