Unlucky Bahati: 'Machozi' hit maker loses Mathare MP race

Kevin Kioko, popularly known as Bahati during a past press conference. [File, Standard]

Musician Kevin Kioko aka Bahati finished a distant third in the hotly contested Mathare MP race that was won by incumbent Anthony Oluoch of ODM.

Oluoch garnered 28,098 votes and was followed by UDA's Billian Ojiwa who got 16, 912. Bahati managed 8,166 votes on a Jubilee Party ticket.

Earlier, Bahati had urged IEBC to speed up the tallying process as he expressed confidence that he would emerge victorious.