No, Dagoretti South MP aspirant Dennis Waweru has not defeated the incumbent MP John Kiarie

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Dagoretti South MP aspirant Dennis Waweru defeats the incumbent MP John Kiarie.

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

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We discovered footage shared on Twitter on August 11, 2022 of the constituency’s returning officer declaring Kiarie the winner.

We also conducted a background check and discovered that the image of Jubilee Party nominee Dennis Waweru used in the tweet was taken when he was nominated by the party.

We also conducted additional research and discovered that a number of media outlets had reported John Kiarie as the winner of the Dagoretti South MP seat.

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No, Dagoretti South MP aspirant Dennis Waweru has not defeated the incumbent MP John Kiarie

On August 11, 2022, Dagoretti South MP John Kiarie was re-elected under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party with 26,304 votes, defeating Jubilee Party’s Dennis Waweru with 22,773 votes.

KJ was announced in as the constituency’s MP at PC Technical Hall.

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