Inside 24,000 ward-level battle for UDA in five counties
Former Nairobi governor Evans Kidero votes during the second phase of the UDA primaries at Asumbi Primary School in Rangwe, Homa Bay County on May 18, 2024.
More than 24,000 United Democratic Alliance (UDA) members are battling forward positions in today’s elections, whose outcome has far-reaching political ramifications for top national leaders.
As the ward delegates—who were elected at the polling centre level—troop to ward centres to cast their ballots today, a potential fallout is looming, with Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua increasingly coming under attack in his Mt Kenya region. Big shots in President William Ruto’s party are pulling strings behind the scenes to install their loyalists in a scheme that could occasion a major split between winners and losers in the party contest.
