{"id":140382,"date":"2026-05-09T08:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gachagua-urges-massive-voter-turnout-ahead-of-ol-kalou-by-election-nominations\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:02:42","slug":"gachagua-urges-massive-voter-turnout-ahead-of-ol-kalou-by-election-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gachagua-urges-massive-voter-turnout-ahead-of-ol-kalou-by-election-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Gachagua Urges Massive Voter Turnout Ahead of Ol Kalou By-Election Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 \u2013 Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has called on party members in Ol Kalou Constituency to turn out in large numbers for the party primaries which kick-off on Saturday morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement shared on social media, Gachagua urged registered DCP members to report to their respective polling stations which opened from 6am to participate in selecting the party\u2019s flag bearer for the upcoming July 16 by-election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage DCP Party members to turn up early in large numbers and participate in the democratic process in nominating the party\u2019s flag bearer,\u201d Gachagua said.<\/p>\n<p>The former Deputy President assured aspirants and supporters that the nomination exercise would be conducted in a free and fair manner, with all election materials distributed to polling stations ahead of the vote. He added that each aspirant would have agents present to monitor the process.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gachagua, voting will close at 5pm, after which counting will take place immediately at the polling stations before results are forwarded to the tallying centre.<\/p>\n<p>He also announced that party officials and elected leaders affiliated with DCP had been instructed to stay away from the constituency during the exercise to avoid interference and allow voters to make independent choices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSufficient security arrangements have been put in place to facilitate peaceful and orderly voting and counting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The seat fell vacant following the death of the area MP, David Kiaraho, who passed away on March 29, 2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 \u2013 Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has called on party members in Ol Kalou Constituency to turn out in large numbers for the party primaries which kick-off on Saturday morning. In a statement shared on social media, Gachagua urged registered DCP members to report to their respective [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}