LOL! Mother Defeats Son In Kenyan Parliamentary Election Politics is a friendly game. A Kenyan female politician showed her son that she was not only older than him in age, she is also more experienced and more popular, politically. Mr Kipng’etich Kones, the son of a late Cabinet Minister Kipkalya Kones, who ran in the Kenyan parliamentary election lost to his mother, Mrs. Beatrice Kones. Beatrice Kone beat her son and seven other contestants when she polled 22,796 votes against her son’s 2,410 votes. Kipng’etich who contested on a Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) ticket got a lot of support from outgoing Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto, while his mother contested on a Jubilee Party ticket. Many residents of Bomet East, the constituency of the family, said the family battle was not blessed. Others said the rivalry was a depiction of democracy and showed maturity as far as politics is concerned. According to Kenyan news website, Daily Nation, the area overwhelmingly voted for Jubilee...