No, Prof Sam Ongeri did not withdraw Governor race to support Machogu of UDA - iVerify Kenya

No, Prof Sam Ongeri did not withdraw Governor race to support Machogu of UDA

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The allegations of Sam Ongeri’s withdrawal governor race is false neither has he decamped for UDA. However, Sam Ongeri’s running mate Josiah Maaga decamped from DAP-K and Joined Ezekiel Machogu of UDA on August 3.

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Verified Aug, 08 2022

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DAP-K party Kisii Governor candidate- Sam Ongeri has dropped out of the race to support Mochagu of the UDA.

Rating Justification

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive at this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process:

We found a clip of Prof. Sam Ongeri who addressed the media through Getembe TV and Kisii Hot TV citing that his running mate Josiah Maaga has decamped and joined Ezekiel Machogu of United Democratic Alliance Party .

Further, in a video shared by UDA PARTY YOUTH LEADER- Kaslim via Twitter, Josiah Maaga openly declared that he has joined the Kenya Kwanza Alliance in the interest of his community.

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