Kenneth Matiba fra Saba Saba Asili ble med i kampen etter en 10-års politisk pause. Andre kandidater var Joseph Ngacha Karani(Kenya Patriotic Trust), Nixon Jeremiah Kukubo (Republican Party of Kenya), Pius Muiru (Kenya Peoples’ Party), David Waweru Ng’ethe (Chama Cha Umma) and Nazlin Omar (Workers Congress Party).