Presidential Candiadate Kennedy Mong'are who is also Nyamira County Senator has quit the race for State House just five months after launching his bid.
Reports from sources close to the Senator indicated that the presidential hopeful bowed out after being unable to raise signatures from 2,000 unaligned voters across 24 counties as directed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
On Tuesday, IEBC issued a directive requiring all presidential candidates to submit signatures of 48,000 supporters with at least 2,000 from majority of the counties.
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Senator Mong'are had declared he would be vying for the presidency to free Kenyans from the "betrayal of post-independence regimes."
"We need a paradigm shift in our politics. My opponents should be careful. They can ignore me at their own peril. Kenya needs change and I am that change." Monga're stated
He becomes the second to quit the race after Restore and Build Kenya Party candidate Pete Ondeng walked out stating that the race was crowded.
"A crowded race of 18 candidates seeking election as president will not be fair," Ondeng stated.
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The Senator's withdrawal now means that President Uhuru Kenyatta will face off with 15 candidates in the August poll.
Here is a photo of Senator Mong'are:
