Cliff Ombeta loses Bonchari MP seat bid

Ombeta was up against 12 other candidates in the Bonchari MP race.

• Ombeta was up against 12 other candidates in the Bonchari MP race.

• Others who conceded defeat include Moses Kuria and Naomi Shaban.

City lawyer Cliff Ombeta
Image: Twitter

Lawyer Cliff Ombeta has conceded defeat in the Bonchari parliamentary race. He became the 3rd candidate to conceded defeat after Moses Kuria and Naomi Shaban.

Ombeta broke the news through his twitter handle Wednesday morning.

"Bonchari had a different vision from mine. Grateful for the run and the experience. Perhaps next time we may have the same view," the tweet read.

He became the third candidate do publicly concede defeat in the August 9  contest.

Ombeta, however, said his loss in the race didn't mark the end of his political ambition.

"Bonchari Enyia has and will always been in my heart. Those who believed in me, we will keep it alive. This will not be our end politically," Ombeta said.

The criminal lawyer thanked his campaign team and urged them to keep the spirit alive even as he admitted their vision differed with that of the Bonchari electorate whose mandate they sought at the August 9 polls.

"Our vision was probably not the same with the ordinary Boncharian, therefore, we must bring it back to them in a different dimension," Ombeta said.  

"You all had your beliefs in me," he added.

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