The office of the Registrar of political parties has disclosed that over 40 Kenyans had expressed interest in the presidency as of Monday at 4 pm.
The 46 candidates are set to run for election on an independent ticket in the August 9 polls if they are cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
Ann Nderitu, the registrar of political parties says they will release the final list of aspirants after the deadline.
She has also said that the list is subject to scrutiny and vetting by the Chebukati-led commission.
In a document from the ORPP, which The Standard is in possession of, the registrar had received some 7, 213 applications by Monday 1:30 pm.
Out of the over 7, 000 applications, 4,421 were submitted online and 2, 792 others were submitted manually.
From the statistics, 106 people had shown interest in the 47 governor positions, 147 in senatorial posts and 110 women hope to represent the 47 counties in parliament.
Meanwhile, 958 have shown interest in the 290 MP seats while some 5, 845 are in the quest to represent the 1, 450 wards in the country.
All of them are running on an independent ticket.
Below is the list of candidates seeking to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta on an independent ticket except for one candidate whose name has not been captured in the list below.
By the time of publishing this article, the candidate’s credentials were still being processed.
1 KINYANJUI EDWARD NJENGA
2 OTIENO DUNCAN ODUOR
3 IRUNGU JAMES KAMAU
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4 JEREMIAH NIXON KUKUBO
5 AOKO BENARD ONGIR
6 MUNGA DAVID CHOME
7 KARIARA ELIUD MUTHIORA
8 OUMA PIGBIN ODIMWENGU
9 WANYANGA GEOFFREY NDUNGU
10 AWUONDA BRIAN OLUOCH
11 KIHUHA ESTHER WARINGA
12 NGIGI FAITH WAIRIMU
13 KINGORI PATRICK KARIUKI
14 NYAGA JEREMIAH JOHN MWANIKI
15 NG'ANG'A GIBSON NGARUIYA
16 KATONI BENJAMIN KEVIN NDAMBUKI
17 ODHIAMBO KEVIN ONYANGO
18 LICHETE REUBEN KIGAME
19 KANYA JOE STANLEY KAMAU.B
20 GITHII DAVID MUHIA
21 KATHAE PETER NDONGA
22 MBUGUA BENSON MWAURA
23 MWARANIA PAUL MURIUNGI
24 NYAGOKO JACOB OANDA
25 WANJIGI HARRISON NJOROGE
26 NZANO JARED CHULA
27 NGECHU MOSES GICHUKI
28 GICHIRA PTAH SOLOMUZI
29 NYANGORI DOROTHY KEMUNTO
30 NG'ANG'A GIBSON NGARUIYA
31 NG'ANI VICTOR OBOTE
32 AWUONDA BRIAN OLUOCH
33 MUKENDA JEREMIAH SIMIYU
34 KAMAU GEORGE MUNYOTTAH
35 MASIRA ERASTUS NYAMERA
36 OGANGA STEPHEN OWOKO
37 OBUNGA BERNARD NETO
38 KIPRONO FELIX
39 NZAMALU SAMUEL MWANGANGI
40 MBUGUA ZABLON KARANJA
41 KOUE GRITA MUTHONI
42 KAGUMBA SAMUEL KIAMBATI
43 OJIJO OGILLO MARK PASCAL
44 WAWERU JOSEPH MBUGUA
45 MUNYEKI JUNE JULIET
46 BEGUM NAZLIN