In a fiercely contested by-election that doubled as a battle for supremacy in Mount Kenya region, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki masterminded a dramatic comeback for United Democratic Alliance, snatching victory from a formidable coalition led by his impeached predecessor Rigathi Gachagua. The 27 November poll in the semi-arid Mbeere North constituency saw UDA candidate Leonard…
David Ndakwa of the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) was on Friday declared winner of the hotly contested Malava parliamentary by-election, beating his closest challenger by just over 1,300 votes. Returning Officer Salim Abdala announced at the Malava tallying centre that Ndakwa secured 21,564 votes against Seth Panyako of Democratic Action Party-Kenya (DAP-K), who managed…
Leo Wamuthende of the ruling United Democratic Alliance has won the hotly contested Mbeere North parliamentary by-election, beating independent candidate Newton Kariuki by a slim margin of 494 votes in a race widely seen as a showdown between Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. Official results released in the early hours…
Douglas Twala Masikonde of the little-known Democratic Congress Party (DCP) has won the Narok Town ward by-election, defeating the candidate fielded by President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) in a vote seen as a test of the ruling party’s hold on Maasailand. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission returning officer Francis Ole Sipano declared Masikonde…
A 31-year-old former pool-table hustler nicknamed the “chalk man” has pulled off one of the most unlikely victories in recent Kenyan politics, winning the Baringo County Senate seat in a landslide on Thursday. Vincent Chemitei of the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) polled 55,246 votes – over 76% of the total – to replace William…
Vincent Kiplimo Rutto, the 23-year-old son of the late ward representative Julius Kipruto Keter, has been declared the new Member of County Assembly for Chemundu/Kapng’etuny ward in Nandi County after cruising to victory in Wednesday’s by-election. The United Democratic Alliance candidate garnered 3999 votes, trouncing his opponents in a poll that reinforced the ruling party’s…
Mpusia Amos of Kenya’s ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) was declared the winner of Thursday’s by-election in Purko ward, Kajiado County, securing a comfortable victory in a contest triggered by the death of the previous assembly member. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced that Mpusia polled 2,035 votes, well ahead of his closest…
