Mother beats son in Kenyan election
A Kenyan woman has trounced her son to win a parliamentary
seat in south-west Kenya, the Daily Nation reports.
Beatrice Kones was competing against her first-born son,
Kipkalya Kones, in the contest in Bomet East, in one of the most watched
parliamentary duels in the country because it pitted members of a nuclear
family.
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Mrs Kones was first elected MP following the death of her husband in a
plane crash in Enoosupukia, Narok, but lost in the 2013 election.
She accused the region‘s former governor, who has lost his seat, of sponsoring her son to oppose her “for his selfish gains”.
“I wonder how the governor would feel if somebody sponsored his son to run against him,” she said.
But
her son, who came fourth in the election, says that in 2013, his mother
had promised to support his bid this year and that it was time to
pursue his dreams.
“I have no personal differences with her. We
have not quarrelled and there are no disputes away from politics. She
remains my good mother,” he said before the poll.
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