Rutto and Munya had ditched Jubilee and formed their own political outfits with Rutto joining the Opposition as a NASA Co-principal.
Results from some 476 polling stations out of the 728 poling centers indicate that National Assembly Deputy Speaker Joyce Laboso is leading by 111,882 votes which translates into 67.8 per cent.
The results indicate that Rutto, a chief critic of the Jubilee administration was trailing Laboso with 53,135 votes translating into 32 per cent.
In Meru, Senator Kiraitu Murungi is leading in 269 polling stations by 44,953, translating into 58.34 per cent.
Munya comes a distant second at 28,562 votes which is 37 per cent of the announced results.
In Nairobi, former Senator Mike Sonko has taken an early lead in some 611 polling stations out of 3378. Sonko has polled 154,723 which is 52 per cent against Evans Kidero’s 126,616.
Kidero’s total is 43.27 per cent of votes counted.
In Bungoma, incumbent Governor Kenneth Lusaka, the Jubilee point man in the region was trailing Ford Kenya’s Wycliffe Wangamati.
Wangamati is leading in 277 polling stations out of 1,186 by 40,215 votes against Lusaka’s 34,773 which is 42.14 per cent.
In Kisumu, it is clear that that incumbent Governor Jack Ranguma could be a first time County boss.
In some 558 polling stations, ODM’s Anyang’ Nyo’ngo is leading by 146,111 which is 63 per cent of the vote against Ranguma’s 83,123.
In Nyamira, Jubilee’s Walter Nyambati is locked in a dead heat race with ODM’s John Nyagarama.
Nyambati is leading in some 62 polling stations by 5792 which is 31 per cent of the votes against Nyagarama’s 5040 which translates into 27 per cent.
But in what could be sweat music to the ears of ODM supporters, Busia Governor Sospeter Ojamong could retain his seat.
Ojamong is leading by 27,332 votes which translates into 52.4 per cent of the votes against his arch rival Paul Otuoma who polled 22,327. Otuoma’s total is 42 per cent of announced results
In Homa Bay and Siaya, the race is too tight between incumbent ODM governors and independent candidates who resigned from the Orange Party.
In Homa Bay, Governor Cyprian Awiti is leading in 458 poling stations by 87,756 which translates into 53.22 per cent.
Awiti’s opponent, ex-Kasipul MP Oyugi Magwanga has polled 76,425.
In Siaya, Rasanga is leading by 61,315 votes. This is 52 per cent of votes as compared to former Rarienda MP Nicholas Gumbo’s 55,030.
-Felix Olick