The former Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, has urged the diaspora community living in the United Kingdom to help fundraise for Democracy for Citizens (DCP) candidate Kamau Ngotho’s Ol Kalou by-election bid.

While speaking in London on Sunday, May 17, 2026, the DCP leader urged Kenyans living abroad to chip in and bankroll Ngotho to help him manage his campaign.

Gachagua continued by narrating that he had employed the DCP candidate in his office while serving as deputy president, but upon his impeachment, Ngotho was also fired and has since been struggling to meet his needs.

The former deputy president further explained that Ngotho does not even own a car, forcing him, before jetting to the UK, to get him a pickup truck to assist with logistics during the popularisation of his bid.

Gachagua expressed confidence in his candidate, saying he is the most popular contender and does not require huge amounts of money like the United Democratic Alliance candidate. He added that the campaign only needs a few funds for logistics, payment of agents, and crowd mobilisation.

“So I’m asking the UK chapter to see how you can work and raise some funds for that Ngotho’s campaign, so that he is able to move from point a to point b, so that he can have campaign posters, he can have agents, and he can have meetings – not that he requires as much money as a UDA candidate, no, but something to keep going,” Gachagua remarked.

He further assured Kenyans living in Britain of a DCP win in Ol Kalou, saying that he has tasked John Methu and Wanjiku Muhia with ensuring the party defeats its opponents by a wide margin.

DCP Ol Kalou nomination

This comes days after the DCP’s stellar performance in the party nominations compared to the UDA. What caught the attention of many was that the third runner-up in DCP, Peter Karanja, who scooped 3,919 votes, had more votes than the UDA winner, Samuel Muchina, who garnered 3,221 votes to clinch the party ticket.

Samuel Ngotho, who emerged as DCP’s ultimate winner, scooped 12,957 votes and was awarded the party ticket.

This has been disputed by the UDA party, which blamed the low turnout in UDA nominations on the primaries being held on a weekday. They also accused the UDA of using the 2022 Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) register, which they claimed contributed to the high turnout.

Former UDA Secretary General Veronica Maina vowed that the real contest will be on the polling day on July 14, 2026.