Stephen Musungu
The battle for Mbeere North’s Muminji and Evurore wards has become an intense thing, and the Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has thrown a challenge to the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to measure his political support once again in the region; the fight is pretty much between the two. The by-elections are already set for February 26, 2026, and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has scheduled them, bringing the main political figures and their allies into what is expected to be highly competitive for the throne.Ashawari is one of the quirks of this showdown.
Ruku has been seen as the architect behind the new development with a constant barrage of boasts that the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) will bag all the seats and at the same time challenging the former deputy president’s power and significance in the political discourse of the area. Ruku’s words show that a larger fight for power is going on, as political players are trying to win over the mountain region (Mt. Kenya) before the next general elections.
Further, Ruku accused Gachagua of attempting to affect the election outcomes and claimed that an operative who had been taking his direction was linked to the former deputy president and that he was the one that caused the previous elections to be stopped—a claim that has been denied by Gachagua’s supporters. While campaigning moves in the background and the political heat gets higher, the February by-elections are now turning out to be a key tool for measuring the changes in political allegiance, stamina, and eventually influence of political parties in Embu County and beyond.
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