By MKT Reporter
The Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) has accused state actors of planning electoral violence and vote rigging in Narok Town Ward ahead of the by-elections scheduled for tomorrow.
In a letter to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson, Erastus Edung Ethekon, DCP Party Leader Rigathi Gachagua claimed that on Monday, hundreds of police officers, both in uniform and plain clothes, alongside state-sponsored militia, mounted roadblocks to prevent the party from campaigning for its candidate, Douglas Masikonde.
Gachagua alleged that the campaign meeting was violently disrupted, with militia beating supporters, including women and children, using clubs, machetes, and whips, while police fired live ammunition and teargas canisters.
The letter further alleges that intelligence indicates the same militia and police officers plan to occupy polling stations to intimidate DCP supporters, harass polling agents, and potentially block the party’s chief agent and candidate from accessing the tallying center. The aim, according to Gachagua, is to influence the outcome in favor of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate.
“Mr. Chairman, this is the exact playbook that has previously led to unthinkable bloodshed and tribal clashes in Narok, including the 1992 electoral violence,” Gachagua wrote.
The DCP is demanding that IEBC provide full assurances that elections in Narok Town will be free, fair, and credible, with all parties given equal access to polling stations and the tallying center, and that police and militia will not interfere with the electoral process.
Gachagua warned that public trust in the IEBC is at stake, urging the commission to take decisive action to prevent intimidation and violence, stressing that any perception of compromise would damage confidence in Kenya’s electoral process ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The by-election in Narok Town Ward is shaping up as a high-stakes contest amid heightened political tensions and security concerns.
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