Former radio journalist Joshua Sang is the latest to join the race for gubernatorial seat.
Sang declared his interest in the seat over the weekend saying he will vie on Jubilee ticket.
“My decision follows consultations with local elders and residents of this county,” he said.
“I believe I have what it takes to steer the county to great heights of development,” said Sang, who spoke at Kipkeikei High School during an event attended by Deputy President William Ruto.
Sang will battle it out with, among others, Governor Patrick Khaemba.
Sang’s declaration is bound to raise a political storm, if the 2013 agreement on sharing of seats between Kalenjins and Luhyas is anything to go by. The communities signed the Mabanga Accord that saw Bukusus take the governor’s while Henry ole Ndiema, a Sabaot, took the senatorial seat.
The trouble with Sang’s announcement is that locals want the same formula of sharing positions applied in the 2017 polls.
Local council of elders had asked Sang to reconsider his decision after his earlier plan to contest the position after termination of his case by the International Criminal Court.
