{"id":147150,"date":"2026-07-18T07:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kawaya-dismisses-ol-kalou-by-election-as-predictor-of-2027-poll\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T07:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:02:48","slug":"kawaya-dismisses-ol-kalou-by-election-as-predictor-of-2027-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kawaya-dismisses-ol-kalou-by-election-as-predictor-of-2027-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawaya dismisses Ol Kalou by-election as predictor of 2027 poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UDA National Organizing Secretary Vincent Musyoka Kawaya has dismissed attempts by the opposition to use the outcome of the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election to predict the 2027 Presidential Election, saying one by-election cannot determine the country\u2019s political direction.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Mung\u2019ala in Machakos Town Constituency, Kawaya termed the opposition\u2019s celebrations following the by-election victory as premature, arguing that the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) remains the country\u2019s best-performing political party in recent by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>He said UDA has won six of the last ten parliamentary and senatorial by-elections, adding that it was misleading to portray a single victory as a reflection of the national political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a saying that a chicken lays one egg and makes enough noise for the entire village to hear, while a cow produces milk that feeds the whole village without making any noise. That is how I view the excitement surrounding a single by-election victory,\u201d Kawaya said.<\/p>\n<p>The UDA official maintained that President William Ruto remains on course for re-election in 2027, insisting the outcome of the General Election will be determined by the government\u2019s development record and service delivery rather than isolated by-election results.<\/p>\n<p>Kawaya challenged the opposition to prepare for what he described as a competitive contest in 2027, expressing confidence that UDA would secure another electoral victory.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/kawaya-dismisses-ol-kalou-by-election-as-predictor-of-2027-poll\/\">Kawaya dismisses Ol Kalou by-election as predictor of 2027 poll<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UDA National Organizing Secretary Vincent Musyoka Kawaya has dismissed attempts by the opposition to use the outcome of the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election to predict the 2027 Presidential Election, saying one by-election cannot determine the country\u2019s political direction. Speaking at Mung\u2019ala in Machakos Town Constituency, Kawaya termed the opposition\u2019s celebrations following the by-election victory as [&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-147150","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\/147150","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=147150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}