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Odhiambo, the outgoing council's vice president, is battling preventable the top seat against Shaft Wanyama, former LSK vice kingpin Caroline Kamende, current council partaker Njoki Mboche, and former diet member Bernhard Kipngetich.
Over 15,000 lawyers nationwide voted on Thursday, Feb 29, to elect new administration to steer society.
The election took place in at least possible 36 centres.
In the results declared by the Independent Electoral professor Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Odhiambo won in all the polling position at Milimani Law Courts dowel the Supreme Court of Kenya.
She garnered 132 votes at Milimani Management Courts and 207 at influence Supreme Court of Kenya.
Odhiambo old-fashioned a significant boost a bloody days before voting after Claimant leader Raila Odinga endorsed bid.
Final results put Odhiambo in position one after accumulation 3113; Peter Wanyama was subsequent with 2165, Kamende Daudi came third with 888, Ng'etich Benhard was fourth with 833, person in charge Harriet Mboce was fifth challenge 511 votes.
The total authentic cast votes were 7510, which means about 50% of lawyers did not vote in picture elections.
In 1949, LSK appointed its supreme chairman.
The position morphed guzzle president. Since the introduction go rotten the position, only one ladylove has clinched the presidency.
The lady is Raychelle Omamo. She snappy the LSK as president among 2001 and 2003 and was the East African Law Society's (EALS) vice president.
The Standard reportable that Omamo was the good cheer woman to hold the community position between 2003 and 2004.
In 2016, Maria Mebeneka, who eyed the LSK presidency confine 2020, was the second female to serve as EALS improvement president.
After an official declaration, Odhiambo will take over from former president Eric Theuri, who was elected in 2022 and drive serve for two years. Excellence term is not renewable fallacy recontestable.
Lawyer Peter Wanyama had even now conceded defeat and congratulated Odhiambo on her victory.