Kenya Senate election in Kirinyaga, 2013
The [[Kenya Senate elections, 2013|2013 Senatorial elections]] for [[Kirinyaga County]] will be held on 4 March 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thecitizen.co.tz/sunday-citizen/-/20754-kenya-to-hold-polls-in-march-2013-says-elections-body|title=Kenya to hold polls in March 2013, says elections body|publisher=The Citizen|date=18 March 2012|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref> Under the new [[Constitution of Kenya|constitution]], which was passed during the [[Kenyan constitutional referendum, 2010|2010 referendum]], the [[Kenyan general election, 2013|2013 general election]] will be the first where there would be election of Senators for the [[Counties of Kenya|47 newly created counties]]. They will also be the first general elections run by the [[Independent Electoral and BOUNDARIES Commission]](IEBC) which has released the official list of candidates.<ref>http://iebc.or.ke/index.php/media-center/press-releases/item/nominated-candidates-for-the-4th-march-2013?category_id=7</ref>
==Candidates==
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! Candidate !! Coalition !! Party !! Symbol !! Votes
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| [[Karaba Dickson Daniel]] || ||[[The National Alliance]] (TNA) || Dove ||
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| [[Karimi Julius Wanjohi]] || ||[[Democratic Party Of Kenya]] (DP) || Lantern ||
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| [[ Dishon Kirima]] || ||[[New Democrats]] (ND) || Bridge ||
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| [[Karubiu James Karimi]] || ||[[Agano Party]] (AP) || Lamb ||
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| [[Nyamu Raphael Muriithi]] || ||[[Safina]] (SAFINA) || Safina || |
|}
==References==
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