United Democratic Alliance(UDA)Secretary General Hassan Omar has dismissed claims by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua that the Mt Kenya region has 7.5 million votes.
Mt Kenya region comprises of Kiambu, Murang’a, Nyeri, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga, Embu, Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties. The region also has huge numbers of voters in Nairobi, Nakuru and Laikipia counties.
In the last presidential election, the region, which usually votes as a bloc, contributed 47 percent of the total votes that propelled President William Ruto to State House by annihilating the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who was the favourite candidate in the presidential race.
However, having lost Mt Kenya due to what political analysts term as betrayal, Ruto and his UDA apologists are now pouring cold water on the Mt Kenya vote, saying it is insignificant when it comes to elections.
Ruto’s apologists, led by Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, began the conversation by saying the Mt Kenya region should stop chest thumping about how they will remove Ruto from power, yet the region has only 3.5 million votes .
Duale’s sentiments have also been shared by UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar, who said Mt Kenya brags that it has 7.5 million votes, yet in the last elections, dead people were allowed to vote.
“Hakuna kitu kama 7 million. Ni maiti ndio walikuwa wanawekwa hapo pia. According to IEBC ni 3.5 Million,” Hassan Omar stated.
The remarks have sparked outrage, with many Kenyans pointing to official IEBC data showing the region has over 7.1 million registered voters spread across ten counties .
Projections by the electoral body show the Mt Kenya region could emerge with the largest share of votes in the 2027 General Election, with more than 7 million voters, accounting for over 25 percent of the national voter roll .
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and his allies in the Democracy for Citizens Party have been building a formidable political machine in the region, capitalising on the government’s loss in the Ol Kalou by election to further consolidate their support.
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