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Independent candidates have until midnight to file papers
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The deadline for all independent candidates to file their papers elapses Monday midnight.
The registration of independent candidates according the Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu has surged with about 7,111 hopefuls being cleared to contest for various seats come August 9.
Of these, 47 individuals have been cleared to contest for the Presidency.
The high number of independent candidates this year effectively makes their candidature the single largest than any other party in the 2022 General Election.
In the last general election, there were only about 4,000 independent candidates.
Among notable names that will be standing as independent candidates include among others former Nairobi governor, Dr Evans Kidero, incumbent Nandi hills MP Alfred Keter, and Baringo Governor Stanley Kiptis.
In 2017 elections, former Senator Mohamed Kuti and former MP Ndiritu Muriithi became the first independent candidates to win gubernatorial seats.
Thirteen members of National Assembly and Meru Woman Representative Kawira Mwangaza won their seats on independent ticket.
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