The former Cabinet Secretary for Energy Charles Keter has conceded defeat after losing the UDA ticket for the Kericho gubernatorial seat.

Keter took to his Twitter account to announce that he has conceded defeat.

He thanked his supporters for turning up and voting peacefully in the primaries and congratulated all the winners, wishing them the best in their endeavours.

“I thank the great people of Kericho for turning up to vote peacefully in the just concluded nominations exercise. Congratulations to all winners I wish them all the best,” Keter wrote.

Charles Keter. PHOTO/FACEBOOK

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He also thanked all his supporters and their support all through and sent his Easter holidays greetings.

“To all my supporters, agents and teams, I convey my appreciation and gratitude for your support. God bless you and God bless Kericho. Happy Easter!!” Keter said.

Keter lost the ticket to University Lecturer Eric Mutai who beat him with a large margin of 126,038 votes to 60,342 votes.

Keter appealed to the winners and losers in the primaries to maintain peace.