Long Serving Taveta MP Naomi Shaban Concedes Defeat

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 10- Taveta Member of Parliament Naomi Shaban has been voted out, after 20 years as a legislator.

She has since conceded defeat and congratulated her closest rival Bwire Akano of the Wiper Party who is leading based on the provisional results. 

Akano is a Mombased-based lawyer.

“Good people, there is time for everything. Well done team Bwire. Taveta, thank you for giving me a chance to serve you for 20 years. My young brother Bwire Okano, I congratulate you,” she said in a statement posted on her social media.

Shaban was vying on the ruling Jubilee Party ticket.

She first came to politics in 2002 after she was voted the first woman Member of Parliament for Taita Taveta through Kenya African National Union (KANU)