Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter has finally broken his silence after the United Democratic Alliance party nullified the results that saw him win the party primaries.
In a statement on Facebook, the second term MP exuded hope that the difficult moment he is facing now shall be water under the bridge soon even as he asked for his supporters to pray for him.
"Let your prayers and your unconditional love set the captivity of Nandi Hills Constituency free from the den. It shall come to pass," the MP said.
The Nandi Hills MP's win was nullified by the UDA's Electoral and Nominations Dispute Resolution committee which ruled that the exercise was marred with irregularities.
Keter was declared the winner of the primaries held on Tuesday after garnering 10,363 votes against his closest challenger Bernard Kitur who got 7,468 votes.
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Other in the race Robert Chepkwony got 2,539 votes, George Tarus had 425 votes, Abraham Limo 540 and Irine Chemutai 388.
Kitur, however, appealed the results of the nomination at the dispute committee where he raised a number of issues to prove the exercise was marred with malpractices.
In the petition, Keter was the first respondent while the National Elections Board was the second respondent.
Kitur told the committee that there were ballot stuffing incidences and delays in the transmission of results, something that the committee concurred with.
Committee members namely Collins Kiprono, Mary Mungai and Adrian Kamotho Njenga also agreed with Kitur that there were insufficient ballot papers in some polling stations which denied a majority of residents a right to participate in the exercise.
