Abdulswamad Nassir declared Mombasa Governor-elect

Incumbent Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir has been declared Mombasa Governor-elect.

In the mini-elections conducted on August 29, Abdulswamad who contested on an ODM ticket emerged winner after garnering 119,083 votes.

He trounced UDA Party’s Hassan Omar Sarai, who emerged second with 98,105 votes.

Other contestants were Awiti Bolo of  VDP party, William Kingi (PAA), Daniel Munga Kitsao (Independent), Shafi Makazi Mwaganda (Independent) and Said Omar Abdalla.

Abdulswamad, who served as Mvita MP in the 12th parliament will be Mombasa’s second Governor, succeeding Ali Hassan Joho.

On Tuesday morning, ex-Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko – who was supporting UDA’s Omar sent a congratulatory message to Abdulswamad.

“Congratulations Abdulswamad Sharrif Nassir for your win as the second Governor of Mombasa we live to fight another day. I would also like to thank all our supporters for believing in us and voted for our candidate Hassan Omar Sarai, despite the loss let's remain strong and even more united as we shall always be there for everyone of you even those who never voted for us,” he wrote in a tweet.

He further promised to support him through the Sonko Rescue team.