OL-KALOU: SAMMY WAWERU WINS WITH LANDSLIDE VICTORY

Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) candidate Sammy Douglas Waweru Kamau has been elected the new Member of Parliament for Ol Kalou after trouncing his closest rival by almost seven times the number of votes in one of the country's most fiercely contested by-elections. Official results released by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) showed Waweru garnering more than 35,440 votes against about 5,450 for UDA candidate Samuel Muchina Nyagah, delivering a resounding victory for the opposition outfit. Nine candidates participated in the by-election. The other seven candidates garnered the following votes: Abdifatah Hussein Abdallah (FPK) 19 votes, Timothy Kariuki (PPM) 51 votes, Wilson Mwaniki (Jubilee) 198 votes, Edwin Kareri (PNU) 28 votes, Edward Mathenge (KKM) 16 votes, Rachel Wangui (PDP) 11 votes, Stephen Waithaka (NLP) 103 votes The landslide win hands DCP its first parliamentary seat since the party's formation and deals President William Ruto's UDA a major political setback in a contest widely viewed as a barometer of the political mood in the Mt Kenya region ahead of the 2027 General Election. The Ol Kalou race was fiercely contested from the outset, attracting top political leaders from both the ruling Kenya Kwanza coalition and the opposition, who turned the constituency into a battleground for political supremacy. UDA mounted an aggressive campaign anchored on government development projects, with a section of Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, governors and MPs traversing the constituency, urging residents to back Muchina. #trending #kalou #youtubeshorts