'UDA is repeating Jubilee mistakes', Kang'ata says over Ol Kalou by-election outcome

In a press briefing on Friday, the Governor hailed Democracy for the Citizens Party's (DCP) Kamau Ngotho for clinching the victory after garnering 35,440 votes ahead of United Democratic Alliance's Samuel Muchina who got 5,450. 

Kang'ata revealed that the Jubilee Party was fond of subverting the people's will by using violence akin to the violence witnessed in Ol Kalou which he attributed to the ruling party. 

"We are witnessing a situation where UDA is repeating mistakes that Jubilee did. Jubilee's last election used some violence and lost. UDA used violence and lost. Jubilee's last elections mistreated their leaders including then deputy, Ruto. Now Ruto has also exerted the same on Gachagua," he stated. 

Kang'ata noted that DCP's victory is a sign of Mt Kenya's perception towards President William Ruto's administration. 

"It was very clear as a person from that region that DCP would win. It's also true that Wamunyoro is the voice of that region in terms of political impact," he noted.

His words were echoed by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna who noted that the 2027 General Election will have a similar outcome. 

"The people in Ol Kalou have shown us that it doesn't matter what the regime throws at the people, be it goodies, intimidation or violence. The people, in their supreme power, will have the final say in the 2027 elections," Sifuna remarked. 

The Senator also called on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to hold accountable those who used government resources to cause chaos in the Ol Kalou mini-polls. 

"The fact that the government has been vanquished quite well in Ol Kalou doesn't mean we absolve IEBC of their dereliction of duty because we still want to see accountability from all those using government resources and bribing voters openly; we need to see action being taken," he noted.