Voters queue outside Ol Kalou Comprehensive School polling station as they wait patiently to cast their ballots, July 16, 2026. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Sammy Kamau Ngotho, the Democratic Congress Party (DCP) candidate, had taken an unassailable lead in the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election, putting him on course for a landslide victory over United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate Samuel Muchina.

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