2013 Kitui local elections
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Kitui Gubernatorial Elections were held in Kitui to elect a Governor and County Assembly on 4 March 2013.{{cite news|url=http://thecitizen.co.tz/sunday-citizen/-/20754-kenya-to-hold-polls-in-march-2013-says-elections-body|title=Kenya to hold polls in March 2013, says elections body|publisher=The Citizen|date=18 March 2012|accessdate=2 September 2012|archive-date=5 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705054620/http://thecitizen.co.tz/sunday-citizen/-/20754-kenya-to-hold-polls-in-march-2013-says-elections-body|url-status=dead}} Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general elections were the first in which Governors and members of the County Assemblies for the newly created counties were elected. They will also be the first general elections run by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) which has released the official list of candidates.{{cite web|url=http://iebc.or.ke/index.php/media-center/press-releases/item/nominated-candidates-for-the-4th-march-2013?category_id%3D7 |title = NOMINATED CANDIDATES FOR THE 4TH MARCH, 2013 GENERAL ELECTION |accessdate=2013-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220195536/http://iebc.or.ke/index.php/media-center/press-releases/item/nominated-candidates-for-the-4th-march-2013?category_id=7 |archivedate=20 February 2013 }}
Gubernatorial election
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Candidate | Running Mate | Coalition | Party | Votes |
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Kilonzo, Julius Kiema | Mulwa, Kennedy Ngumbau | National Rainbow Coalition | 85,723 | |
Kitonga, Philip Nzamba | Mwongela, Benjamin Nymai | National Labour Party | 24,574 | |
Malombe, Julius Makau | Malonza, Peninah | Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya | 163,904 |
Prospective candidates
The following are some of the candidates who have made public their intentions to run:{{cite news|title=Kalonzo, Ngilu wars to spice up Kitui governor's race|url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000073198&story_title=Kenya-Kalonzo,-Ngilu-wars-to-spice-up-Kitui-governor%E2%80%99s-race|accessdate=27 January 2013|newspaper=The Standard|date=19 December 2012}}
- Charity Ngilu - Former Lands Cabinet Secretary
- David Musila - Senator Kitui County
- Julius Makau Malombe - former chairman of the devolved government taskforce and a nephew to former Cabinet minister Nyiva Mwendwa,