Jesse Kimathi and his wife Doreen Muriithi drove two hours arriving just a few minutes before the polling location at the Kenyan Consulate in Los Angeles closed at 5 p.m. PST making their votes that last two of the 2022 General election, not just in California, but worldwide. The August 9 vote is the first time Kenyans outside Africa participated in the elections.
A California couple made history becoming closing out the the vote in the Los Angeles consulate office polling location and becoming the last people to cast a vote in Kenya's 2022 General Election.
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