Kenneth Lusaka (from Bungoma County, population of 1,670,570 ) as fronted by the Jubilee Party but failed to win the speaker seat on second round with 42 votes.
On August 31, 2017, Lusaka won the speaker seat on second round with 42 votes against his closest rival Farah Maalim who garnered 25 votes thus becoming the second speaker of the senate in the history of Kenya. 
