Nyandarua Senator John Methu has claimed the outcome of the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election is an indication that President William Ruto faces growing political resistance ahead of the 2027 General Election.

Speaking to a local TV station on Sunday, July 19, 2026, Methu alleged that despite significant resources being deployed during the campaign, the government failed to secure victory.

This comes after the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) candidate Sammy Douglas Waweru Kamau won the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election on Thursday, July 16, 2026

“I hear Ruto has spent Ksh1.3 billion. There is a friend of mine who is a friend of Ruto, and he told me that they started speaking about Ol Kalou, and he was slapped. A very senior person was slapped because Ruto cannot believe he gave people Sh1.3 billion, and he got 5,000 votes,” Methu claimed.

Methu argued that the by-election result demonstrates shifting political fortunes for the Kenya Kwanza administration and predicted that Ruto would struggle to replicate the level of state mobilisation witnessed in Ol Kalou during the 2027 elections.

“We are taking William Ruto home; the signs are there. Even this 5,000, you cannot attribute it to Ruto. In 2027, he cannot concentrate that kind of number of goons in one constituency. He cannot get that kind of policemen to be everywhere. The people will overwhelm these goons, and people will protect their votes,” he said.

The politician maintained that the opposition’s primary objective is to unseat Ruto rather than pursue individual political ambitions.

“I never think about what I will be in 2027; what is on my mind is how William Ruto will go home. If you have a good Parliament and a bad president, this bad president will influence the good Parliament. For us to try and fix this nation, we have to remove William Ruto,” Methu said.

His remarks come as political leaders from both the government and opposition continue to interpret the Ol Kalou by-election outcome as an early indicator of the political landscape ahead of the 2027 General Election.