It was not so much the victory but the vote difference that shouted loudest in Thursday’s Ol Kalou by-election results.
That the Democratic Congress Party (DCP) candidate Sammy Kamau Ngotho amassed 35,440 votes against the ruling United Democratic Alliance’s Samuel Muchina Nyaga’s 5,450 votes was a clear demonstration that the latter’s campaign was doomed from the start.
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