{"id":140498,"date":"2026-05-10T11:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gachagua-lauds-dcp-ol-kalou-nominations-as-most-transparent-since-1992\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T11:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:02:52","slug":"gachagua-lauds-dcp-ol-kalou-nominations-as-most-transparent-since-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gachagua-lauds-dcp-ol-kalou-nominations-as-most-transparent-since-1992\/","title":{"rendered":"Gachagua lauds DCP Ol Kalou Nominations as \u201cMost Transparent Since 1992\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya May 10 \u2013 Rigathi Gachagua has praised the conduct of the Democracy for Citizens Party primaries in Olkalou Constituency, describing the exercise as a strong demonstration of internal democracy after Sammy Kamau Ngotho won the party ticket with 12,957 votes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement on social media, Gachagua said the outcome reflected a party guided by the will of its members, insisting that \u201cthe voice of the Kenyan people is what we listen to\u201d and that \u201cthe people own the party; they make the choice of the leaders they want to be led by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He congratulated the winner, saying, \u201cCongratulations Sammy Kamau Ngotho for winning the Olkalou Parliamentary party primaries for the DCP Party,\u201d while thanking voters for what he termed a peaceful and high-turnout exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua also reassured unsuccessful candidates of their place in the Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who did not make it, you are our true heroes\u2026 your place in the party is secure,\u201d he urged them to support the party\u2019s nominee ahead of the 2027 election cycle, including the July 16th, 2026 polls.<\/p>\n<p>He further praised election officials and security agencies, calling the process \u201cmeticulous\u201d and \u201cone of the most well-organized and transparent nominations since the advent of multi-party democracy in 1992.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Deputy President commended the National Police Service in Nyandarua County for maintaining order throughout the exercise.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya May 10 \u2013 Rigathi Gachagua has praised the conduct of the Democracy for Citizens Party primaries in Olkalou Constituency, describing the exercise as a strong demonstration of internal democracy after Sammy Kamau Ngotho won the party ticket with 12,957 votes. In a statement on social media, Gachagua said the outcome reflected a party [&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-140498","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\/140498","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=140498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}