As the August polls continue to near, various aspirants have stepped up to try their luck in various positions including the presidential seat which has recorded a large number of contestants.
So far, The Registrar of Political Parties has cleared a record of 47 Kenyans running as Independent candidates in the August General Elections.
If all of them go through the final hurdle and are cleared to contest by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), this could be Kenya’s longest presidential election ballot paper since multi-party elections in 1992.
Some of the candidates planning to run for the presidency as independent candidates include;
- Kinyanjui Edward Njenga
- Otieno Duncan Oduor
- Irungu James Kamau
- Jeremiah Nixon Kukubo
- Aoko Benard Ongir
- Munga David Chome
- Kariara Eliud Muthiora
- Ouma Pigbin Odimwengu
- Wanyanga Geoffrey Ndungu
- Awuonda Brian Oluoch
- Kihuha Esther Waringa
- Ngigi Faith Wairimu
- Kingori Patrick Kariuki
- Nyaga Jeremiah John Mwaniki
- Ng’ang’a Gibson Ngaruiya
- Katoni Benjamin Kevin Ndambuki
- Odhiambo Kevin Onyango
- Lichete Reuben Kigame
- Kanya Joe Stanley Kamau.B
- Githii David Muhia
- Kathae Peter Ndonga
- Mbugua Benson Mwaura
- Mwarania Paul Muriungi
- Nyagoko Jacob Oanda
- Wanjigi Harrison Njoroge
- Nzano Jared Chula
- Ngechu Moses Gichuki
- Gichira Ptah Solomuzi
- Nyangori Dorothy Kemunto
- Ng’ani Victor Obote
- Mukenda Jeremiah Simiyu
- Kamau George Munyottah
- Masira Erastus Nyamera
- Oganga Stephen Owoko
- Obunga Bernard Neto
- Kiprono Felix
- Nzamalu Samuel Mwangangi
- Mbugua Zablon Karanja
- Koue Grita Muthoni
- Kagumba Samuel Kiambati
- Ojijo Ogillo Mark Pascal
- Waweru Joseph Mbugua
- Munyeki June Juliet
- Begum Nazlin