List of Elected Governors in Kenya 2017 General Elections

General elections were held in Kenya on 8 August 2017 to elect the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate. List of Elected Governors in Kenya 2017 General Elections. They coincided with the 2017 Kenyan local elections which elected Governors and representatives in the devolved governments.

The published results showed that incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Jubilee Party had been re-elected with 54% of the vote. However, his main opponent, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, refused to accept the results and contested them in the Supreme Court. The results of the presidential election were subsequently annulled by the court and fresh presidential elections was ordered to be held within 60 days. It was later announced that the elections would be held in October.

The results of the parliamentary and local elections remained valid. The Jubilee Party retained its majority in the Senate, winning 34 of the 67 seats, and remained the largest party in the National Assembly with 171 of the 341 seats. The Orange Democratic Movement won 20 seats in the Senate and 76 in the National Assembly.

25 New Governors
25 new governors were elected in the August 8 2017 general election. Of the 22 governors who were re-elected to a second term, only 11 had the same deputy governor that served in their first term.

This is the full list of governors and deputy governors elected in 2017 and 2013 [Google Docs spreadsheet].
First Women Governors
Charity Kaluki Ngilu (National Rainbow Coalition (NARC)), Anne Mumbi Waiguru (Jubilee Party (JP)) and Joyce Cherono Laboso (JP) were elected as the first women governors in Kitui, Kirinyaga and Bomet respectively.

Political Party Consolidation
45 governors elected on August 8, 2017 represent 6 political parties while 2 are independents.  This is a significant reduction from 2013 when the 47 elected governors represented 13 political parties.

A major factor is the formation of Jubilee Party (JP) in 2016 following the merger of The National Alliance (TNA), United Republican Party (URP), Alliance Party of Kenya (APK), Grand National Union (GNU), New Ford Kenya (NFK) and five other political parties.

2017 representation of governors by political parties and independents;

• Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) – 13
• Forum for Restoration of Democracy – Kenya (FORD – Kenya) – 2
• Wiper Movement Kenya (WDM-K) – 2
• Maendeleo Chap Chap Party (MCCP) – 1
• NARC – 1
• independent – 2
• Kenya African National Union (KANU) – 1
• Jubilee Party (JP) – 25

2013 representation of governors by political parties;

• ODM – 16
• WDM-K – 4
• FORD-Kenya – 1
• Muungano Party (MP) – 1
• United Democratic Forum Party (UDFP) – 1
• Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – 1
• Peoples Party of Kenya (PPK) – 1
• URP – 10
• TNA – 8
• APK – 1
• GNU – 1
• KANU – 1
• NFK – 1

First Independents
Mohamed Abdi Kuti and Ndiritu Muriithi were elected as the first independents in Isiolo and Laikipia.

Senators to Governors
Six of the new governors elected in August 2017 were serving as senators in the same counties. These are Mohamed Abdi Kuti – Isiolo (independent), Kiraitu Murungi – Meru (JP), John Krop Lonyang’apuo – West Pokot (KANU), Stephen Kipyego Sang Nandi (JP), Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o – Kisumu (ODM), and Mike Sonko Mbuvi Gidion Kioko – Nairobi (JP).

Here is a List of Elected Governors in Kenya 2017 General Elections