Nakuru County Governor Kinuthia Mbugua has bowed out of the Nakuru gubernatorial race.
Mbugua will now support the Jubilee gubernatorial nominee Lee Kinyanjui.
Mbugua stepped down after meeting President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto at State House Nakuru on Saturday morning.
The governor was accompanied by other Jubilee leaders in the county. In the Jubilee nominations, Mr Kinyanjui garnered 216,385 votes and Mr Kinuthia polled 150,137 votes.
Despite the huge gap, Mbugua said the party primaries were not transparent and were marred by many irregularities. He then enlisted as an independent candidate.
