No, Kajiado Governor Ole Lenku was not elected as the Chair of Council of Governors. - iVerify Kenya

No, Kajiado Governor Ole Lenku was not elected as the Chair of Council of Governors.

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Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) was elected the Council of Governors (CoG) Chair for the next four years in an election held in Mombasa on September 17, 2022, after defeating her Kajiado counterpart Joseph Ole Lenku of Azimio. Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi will deputize Waiguru.

Waiguru succeeds former Embu Governor Martin Wambora, who was the former CoG boss.

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Verified Sep, 26 2022

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Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku has been elected the chair of the Council of Governors

Rating Justification

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. Following up on the procedures streamed live from the Council of Governors-Kenya Facebook’s page on September 17, 2022 during the Governors and Deputy Governors Induction in Mombasa, we discovered that Governor Anne Waiguru was appointed Chair of the CoG for the next five years.

We also noted that Governor Joseph Ole Lenku on his Facebook page congratulated Waiguru and her deputy, Ahmed Abdullahi, on their victory.

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