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Vincent Kibet Rotich [DCP] with David Kipsang Keter [UDA] during vote tallying at Emurua Dikirr TTI on May 14, 2026. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Two archrivals for the Emurua Dikirr constituency seat met for the first time after a grueling campaign.

A mixture of tension and caution was evident at the Emurua Dikirr Technical Training Institute tallying centre Thursday evening as the final vote-counting exercise in the hotly contested parliamentary by-election officially got underway.

Under heavy security presence and media, the two leading contenders in the race, United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate David Keter, popularly known as Dollarline, and Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) candidate Vincent Kibet Rotich arrived at the tallying centre minutes apart, setting the stage for what many residents described as a defining political moment for the constituency.