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Speaking during a town hall community engagement in Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, Gachagua said Kenyatta had retired from active politics and dismissed claims that the former president was financing opposition activities against the Kenya Kwanza administration.
The poll, conducted between September 15 and 25, 2026, showed UDA with a clear lead among individual political parties, followed by the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) at 11.7 per cent and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) at 10.6 per cent.
Ukombozi Alliance was launched on September 21 following the rebranding of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition, which former President Uhuru Kenyatta had assembled in an unsuccessful effort to secure the presidency for Raila Odinga.
Nyutu said his decision to remain aligned with Gachagua had continued despite the former deputy president's removal from office
Addressing Kenyans in the United States on Sunday, Gachagua said the opposition’s growing activities in Nairobi over the weekend demonstrated its strength in the city, which has about 2.7 million registered voters.
Gachagua, who made the allegations in a statement on social media, also claimed that IEBC officials who refused to endorse the specifications were victimised and transferred, warning that changing the election management system less than a year before the polls could disrupt preparations and interfere with the voters’ register.
Kenya’s political history is marked by coalitions formed largely around elections, with some surviving beyond the polls while others have collapsed soon after.
Her remarks come amid a growing movement of politicians away from UDA, particularly in the Mt Kenya region, where several leaders who helped President William Ruto secure strong support in 2022 have changed political direction ahead of the next election
KIEMS has been central to Kenya's electoral processes, particularly in voter identification and the transmission of election-related information. The system was deployed by the IEBC to support voter registration, biometric voter identification and the transmission of results
Speaking during a press briefing on Wednesday, Gachagua said the facility, which he referred to as a “black site”, was established in June 2025 and operates with a multi-rank police command despite not being gazetted.
In a statement on Monday, Super Metro said the clarification followed claims on social media that its buses had transported people to cause violence at meetings organised by Gachagua's Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP).
In a letter dated August 20, Gachagua described the Homa Bay incident as “a shame of the highest magnitude in post-independence Kenya” and said Kanja should have resigned over the security breakdown.