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UDA candidate Muraya Githaiga at the IEBC tallying centre at Rurii PCEA church in Nyandarua County on May 18, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
Deputy President William Ruto s last-minute phone call address to voters in Rurii ward and intense door-to-door campaign by local leaders allied to the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, played a great part in ensuring victory for Muraya Githaiga in the just concluded by-election.
Two days to the by-election, Ruto s allies led by Nyandarua Woman Representative Faith Gitau rallied the voters behind the hustler s movement with a promise that the political future of the county was in the party whose symbol is the wheelbarrow.
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A woman casts her vote at Rurii Youth Polytechnic in Nyandarua County during the Rurii ward by-election. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
Residents of Rurii ward in Nyandarua County are currently casting their votes amid claims of police intimidation.
Residents have accused police of erecting roadblocks and barring them from accessing voting areas. We have seen roadblocks everywhere and that is why we think people are shying away from voting. Only a few people have voted so far complained MP Faith Gitau.
She wondered why police were vetting residents on every entry point to the ward.
Three candidates are vying for the seat, including Muraya Githaiga (UDA) Peter Thinji (Jubilee) and Susan Wangeci of the New Democrats of Kenya party.