By-election aftershocks: DCP’s Peter Mbae vows to teach IEBC a lesson in court
By Kiprono Keileb, December 1, 2025Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) Organising Secretary Peter Mbae now says the party will head to court after what he describes as a deeply flawed and mishandled by-election in Mbeere North.
Mbae spoke during a political segment on a local TV station on Monday, December 1, 2025, where he accused the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of allowing irregularities that, he said, undermined the credibility of the vote.
On his statement, Mbae said the issues that emerged during the by-election were alarming and called into question the Commission’s commitment to running a transparent process.
He raised concerns about inconsistencies in the voter register and the identity of the candidate presented on Election Day.
“The issue we saw, and we have done our investigations, the person who is in the register is Leonard Njeru and the person who comes to vote, nomination papers is another name,” he said.
Mbae questioned why the Commission proceeded with tallying despite complaints being raised at the polling station.
“Please tell us from the word go, why we are talking about processes, is that people cannot complain that somebody has run away with the ballot box, and you continue to count. They also went ahead to announce the winner. I am very worried about the process,” he added.
He went on to connect the situation in Mbeere North with the violence reported in Malava, saying the Opposition would also pursue legal action there.
“We have asked our partners, led by Eugene Wamalwa and the team who were in Malava, to also go to court, because you can’t vandalise, beat up a candidate and literally harass someone, that violence must be accounted for,” he said.
Mbae said the DCP would use the petition to expose what he termed as systemic failures within IEBC, hoping the case would become a turning point in the country’s electoral management.
“We want Mbeere North to be an example to tell IEBC how not to handle elections and to see whether the kind of pronounces that are going to be done by the courts are going to help this country to tighten our systems,” he stated.
He insisted that they would not pursue a political confrontation but a legal one.
“That is why we said hold on, we go the legal way because politics is not possible, let’s go to court to make sure that IEBC does their work,” he noted.
Mbae added that the DCP had already outlined several issues that would form the basis of their case.
“We have 5 to 10 questions that IEBC has to answer in a court of law slowly, no pressure, the court allows us 28 days to submit a petition, so we are doing it silently,” he said.