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… The former Deputy President added that the NEC has also tasked Methu and Nominated Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia with leading the Ol Kalou by-election campaign and delivering a decisive victory. …
Senator Methu replaces Hezron Obaga as DCP Secretary GeneralKipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia defended the arrest of Mukurwe-ini MP John Kaguchia but warned that police who defy court orders risk turning Kenya into a banana republic. She said officers at Kamukunji and Central police stations denied lawyers access to Kaguchia and moved him between stations in violation of legal procedures.
4 August 2026 · The Standard →
Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia defended the arrest of Mukurwe-ini MP John Kaguchia but warned that police who defy court orders risk turning Kenya into a banana republic. She said officers at Kamukunji and Central police stations denied lawyers access to Kaguchia and moved him between stations in violation of legal procedures.
4 August 2026 · The Standard →
The Democracy for the Citizens Party won the Ol Kalou by-election with 35,440 votes against the United Democratic Alliance's 5,450, an outcome the source says revived memories of a Moi-era by-election defeat and raised questions about state resources and voter influence in Mt Kenya.
17 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Democracy for the Citizens Party won the Ol Kalou by-election by a landslide, with its candidate Sammy Kamau Ngotho Waweru receiving 35,440 votes compared to the UDA candidate's 5,450 votes, raising questions about state resources and incumbency in Mt Kenya.
17 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua led a thanksgiving tour across Ol Kalou Constituency following the party's parliamentary by-election win, in which DCP candidate Sammy Kamau Ngotho garnered 35,440 votes to secure the party's first Member of the National Assembly.
17 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
DCP party leader Rigathi Gachagua is leading a thanksgiving tour across Ol Kalou Constituency following the party's decisive parliamentary by-election win. DCP candidate Sammy Kamau Ngotho won the poll with 35,440 votes, defeating UDA candidate Samuel Muchina Nyaga (5,450 votes), securing the party its first Member of the National Assembly.
17 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Rigathi Gachagua, leader of the Democratic Party for Citizens (DCP), has accused the IEBC of bias and demanded assurances that Thursday's Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election will be free, fair and credible. He cited alleged selective enforcement of electoral laws in favour of the UDA and claimed senior government officials have campaigned for the UDA candidate without sanctions.
14 July 2026 · The Standard →
The High Court has temporarily suspended enforcement of an IEBC decision requiring Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia to pay Sh1.5 million over alleged hate speech during Ol Kalou by-election campaigns, pending the hearing of her substantive legal challenge.
13 July 2026 · Capital News →
The High Court has temporarily suspended an IEBC decision requiring Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia to pay a KSh1.5 million fine, staying the judgment's implementation pending the hearing of her application challenging the decision.
13 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission summoned Nakuru Town West MP David Gikaria to appear at 1.30pm after he failed to show for a 9am Monday hearing on electoral code of conduct violations. His personal assistant claimed he was unwell but provided no medical evidence, and the commission warned that failure to honour the rescheduled summons could result in legal consequences.
13 July 2026 · The Standard →
The High Court suspended the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission's Sh1.5 million fine against Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia over an alleged breach of the Electoral Code of Conduct. Justice Nabil Mokaya issued interim orders staying implementation of the judgment pending hearing of her judicial review application.
13 July 2026 · The Standard →
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has fined Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia Sh1.5 million after finding her guilty of breaching the electoral Code of Conduct over remarks made during campaigns in Ol Kalou that a complainant argued amounted to incitement and were likely to fuel violence and hostility among the public.
11 July 2026 · The Standard →
Ol Kalou constituency in Nyandarua County takes its Maasai name, like other areas in the region. Agreements in 1904 and 1911 converted the Maasai grazing land into white highlands, and the area became popular with Boer settlers including those named Van Staaten, Van Odendall, Joubert, Botha, Van Blerk, and Kruger.
11 July 2026 · The Standard →
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has fined Kipipiri Member of Parliament Wanjiku Muhia Ksh.1.5 million for breaching the Electoral Code of Conduct through remarks made during the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election campaign that were found capable of inciting violence, intimidation and hostility.
10 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
An opinion piece comparing a historical KANU-era electrification campaign in Kipipiri to a recent removal of power infrastructure by Kenya Power from Mbeere North, arguing that political benefits are temporary.
10 July 2026 · The Standard →
The Linda Mwananchi movement accused President William Ruto's administration of overseeing violence, intimidation and a breakdown of law and order, claiming Kenya is sliding back to the struggles that preceded multiparty democracy 36 years ago. The movement said armed gangs attacked its convoy in Keumbu, Kisii County, on July 3 under police watch, and alleged the incident reflected political intimidation by a "police state."
9 July 2026 · Capital News →
The IEBC's Electoral Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee is set to deliver judgment against Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia over alleged inflammatory remarks made during a campaign rally in Ol Kalou Constituency. Muhia's legal team walked out during proceedings after the committee dismissed their preliminary objection challenging its constitutional authority.
6 July 2026 · Capital News →
A family in Nyandarua County has called on the Independent Policing Oversight Authority to investigate a police driver who hit bodaboda rider Samuel Thenya with a lorry in Ol Kalou and left him at a hospital without follow-up; Thenya died at North Kinangop Catholic Hospital days after the accident, and family members have accused police of negligence.
5 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The government has stopped the subdivision of a 955-acre farm in Naivasha that is contested by a research institution, four traders, and the community. Despite a court order granting the traders the right to fence 400 acres, the State intervened after armed residents blocked the fencing exercise to prevent a clash.
30 June 2026 · The Standard →
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission held a Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee hearing against Kipipiri Member of Parliament Wanjiku Muhia over alleged remarks at a public rally in Ol Kalou that allegedly breached the Elections Act and Electoral Code of Conduct. Muhia's lawyers staged a walkout after raising a preliminary objection that the committee was not properly constituted and lacked legal mandate to hear the matter, which the IEBC panel rejected.
27 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
An IEBC Electoral Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee has rejected a jurisdictional challenge by Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia's legal team and affirmed its authority to hear allegations of code of conduct breaches stemming from her remarks at an Ol Kalou by-election campaign rally on June 14. Muhia's lawyers objected to the committee's composition and claimed procedural unfairness before walking out of the hearing.
26 June 2026 · Capital News →
Lawyers representing Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia walked out of an IEBC Electoral Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee hearing, citing bias, procedural unfairness, and a predetermined outcome. The legal team sought an adjournment to seek High Court interpretation of relevant procedures, but the committee declined and proceeded without the defendant and her counsel.
26 June 2026 · Capital News →
The Democracy for Citizens Party has appointed Nyandarua Senator John Methu as interim Secretary General, replacing Hezron Obaga who moves to Executive Director, according to party resolutions. Methu will serve in an acting capacity to avoid triggering legal debate over his formal status with the ruling UDA.
25 May 2026 · Capital News →