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Nairobi \u2014 The ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) is facing mounting pressure to recalibrate its political strategy ahead of President William Ruto’s 2027 re-election bid after suffering a crushing defeat in the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election, a contest widely viewed as the clearest electoral test yet of the administration’s standing in the vote-rich Mt Kenya region.<\/p>\n
The scale of Thursday’s loss–in which Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) candidate Sammy Douglas Kamau Waweru secured…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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