Can Gachagua turn Ol Kalou triumph into a 2027 election upset?
Rigathi Gachagua's Democratic Congress Party won a parliamentary by-election in Ol Kalou, Kenya, defeating the ruling UDA party candidate. The victory is being viewed as a potential challenge to President William Ruto's political dominance in the Mt Kenya region ahead of the 2027 elections.
DCP party leader Rigathi Gachagua and Ol Kalou MP-elect Sammy Douglas Kamau Waweru. /RIGATHI GACHAGUA/X Rigathi Gachagua's Democratic Congress Party (DCP) secured a resounding victory in the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election, handing the former Deputy President his first Member of the National Assembly and reigniting debate over whether the triumph signals a political shift capable of unsettling President William Ruto's re-election bid in 2027.
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