PREMIUM Mt Kenya by-election losers regroup for 2027 battle Mbeere North losers Newton Karish and Duncan Mbui have since joined Gachagua’s DCP. Politics Just now

Mr Gachagua has embraced the contest saying he will not repeat the political compromises that saw his party withdraw its candidate in Mbeere North.

But the political temperature in Mbeere North remains high, with Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku whose appointment to the Cabinet triggered the by-election openly positioning himself against Mr Gachagua and his allies.

The bruising political contests in Mt Kenya East and West during the Mbeere North and Ol Kalou by-elections appear to have set the stage for an even fiercer battle ahead of the 2027 General Election, with the losers refusing to retreat and the winners facing renewed challenges to their fledgling political bases.