By Bonface Mulyungi
Kakamega Deputy Governor Ayub Savula has vowed that they will camp in Ol Kalou Constituency to ensure the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) wins the by-election.
While speaking in Mosop, Nandi County, on Saturday, May 9, 2026, Savula, while going heavy on the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, urged the National Assembly Majority Leader to marshal his Members of Parliament, together with MPs from Western Kenya allied to the UDA party, to camp in Ol Kalou Constituency and campaign for the UDA candidate until he wins the by-election.
“Mimi nimejipanga Ichungwah jipange, Farouk jipange na awa wajumbe wote tujipange. ” Hii byelection ya Ol Kalou sisi wote kutoka Western tutaenda kucamp Ol Kalou tuhakikishe UDA imeshinda hio kiti,” Savula declared.
He went ahead, going full throttle on the Democracy for Citizens Party leader, Rigathi Gachagua, terming him a junior politician who cannot be compared to him, let alone the president.
He stated that Gachagua found him in Parliament and that he was the one who, as he put it, “showed him around” the National Assembly.
He urged the president not to be worried by Gachagua but to leave him to them to handle.DCP Ol Kalou primariesThis comes after a stellar performance by the Democracy for Citizens (DCP) party in its Ol Kalou primaries, which saw a massive turnout dwarfing that of the UDA party. Samuel Kamau Ngotho won the ticket with 12,957 votes, with his individual tally surpassing both the turnout and the total votes of the ruling party’s exercise.
The second runner-up, Paul Waiganjo, came a distant second with 4,978 votes, while Peter Karanja came third with 3,919 votes, pushing the total turnout for the DCP exercise to over 20,000 votes, far ahead of the UDA party.
UDA Ol kalou outcomeOn the other side, UDA recorded a relatively low turnout of around 8,258 votes, despite the constituency having over 72,951 registered voters. In the nominations, Samuel Muchina Nyaga emerged victorious in the UDA party primaries for the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election.
Muchina, a former personal assistant to the late MP David Kiaraho, secured 3,221 votes, narrowly defeating his closest rival, George Wambugu Kanuri (alias Delight), who garnered 3,077 votes.
George Wambugu has disputed the results, claiming that the outcome was rigged in favour of Samuel Muchina Nyaga.
