Activist Allans Ademba arrested in Ol Kalou
Activist and mobilizer Allans Ademba has been arreste in Ol Kalou.
Activist and mobilizer Allans Ademba has been arreste in Ol Kalou.
In an update on Thursday, July 16, he said that he was apprehended in Ol Kalou and taken to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) offices in the town.
“I’ve been arrested. I’m at Ol Kalau DCI,” he wrote on social media platform X.
Prior to his arrest, Ademba was covering the closely-watched Ol Kalou by-election.
In a separate social media post, he alleged that only residents who voted in the 2022 General Election were being permitted to cast their ballots in the ongoing by-election.
“Ol Kalau residents have turned out in large numbers to vote. Note: Only those who voted in 2022 are being allowed to vote. The newly registered voters are not allowed to vote as per the IEBC Rules,” he claimed.
The polling stations were opened on Thursday, July 16, at 6:00 AM, with several locals already in line to vote for the next MP.
The by-election got off smoothly in the Huruma polling station with the locals forming steady long queues to exercise their rights.
The exercise is also going on smoothly in Silanga polling station, AC Primary School and at Rurii Polytechnic.
The by-election has attracted 9 candidates, including Samuel Muchina Nyagah of UDA and Sammy Kamau Ngotho of DCP.
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Others are Edwin Muchiri (PNU), Stephen Wanyoike of the National Liberal Party (NLP), Wilson Mwaniki Kigwa (Jubilee), Timothy Kamau Kariuki (PRM), Edward Mwaniki (Kenya Moja Movement), Abdifatah Hussein Abdullahi (FPK) and Rachael Wangui Njoroge (PDP).
Notably, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has showered praise on mothers and young people after turning out in numbers to participate in the OL Kalou by-election.
In a statement, he credited mothers for guiding the locals in exercising their democratic right.
“To our mothers, I have no words to express my joy that you have guided us well so that we shall never betray our people,” read the statement in part.
The DCP party leader also applauded the youth in Ol Kalou for accompanying and protecting elderly voters in the mini poll.
“To our young men, thank you for waking up early to protect and escort your parents and your parents’ age mates to go and vote. That is your cardinal duty in our society, and I am very proud of you,” Gachagua stated.
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