Rigathi Gachagua pulls massive livestream numbers during Ol Kalou vote tally
DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua attracted massive online viewership as votes were counted in the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election, after streaming a live feed showing real-time vote tallying from polling stations across the constituency.
On his official Facebook page, Gachagua consistently drew more than 13,000 live viewers, with the audience peaking at over 15,000 during the tallying.
By 7:50 pm EAT, the livestream had generated more than 48,000 reactions, 27,000 comments and over 6,400 shares on the Meta-owned platform.
Most of the comments targeted the rival UDA camp, which fielded Samuel Muchina against Sammy Douglas Kamau of Gachagua's Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP).
