Kibwezi West Member of Parliament Mwengi Mutuse has dismissed the celebrations surrounding the Democracy for the Citizens Party’s victory in the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election.

Mutuse used X on Saturday, July 18, 2026, to argue that DCP was celebrating one victory while ignoring nine seats won by UDA and its broad-based government partner, ODM.

“In Chenjeni, Lugari Constituency, I asked the opposition to stop behaving like a chicken that makes too much noise after laying one egg that cannot even feed a child, while a cow that provides milk for an entire village never makes any noise about it,” Mutuse wrote on X.

Mutuse presents a nine-to-one scorecard

UDA has won six parliamentary and senatorial by-elections since November 2025.

David Ndakwa secured Malava with 21,564 votes. Ahmed Maalim Hassan won Banissa with 10,431, while Leo Wa Muthende captured Mbeere North with 15,802.

Kiprono Chemitei won the Baringo senatorial contest with 55,246 votes. Mohamed Tubi received 7,352 votes in Isiolo South, while David Keter won Emurua Dikirr with 18,266.

The six UDA candidates garnered a combined 128,661 votes. However, the figure includes votes from the countywide Baringo senatorial election.

“UDA won the Malava, Banisa, Mbeere North, Baringo, Isiolo South and Emurua Dikirr by-elections,” Mutuse said.

ODM won three parliamentary contests held on November 27, 2025.

Harrison Kombe received 17,909 votes in Magarini. Moses Okoth Omondi won Ugunja with 9,447, while Boyd Were captured Kasipul with 16,819.

The three ODM candidates accumulated 44,175 votes. IEBC’s official declaration confirms the constituencies as Magarini, Ugunja and Kasipul, not Ugenya and “Kasipul-Kabondo” as listed in Mutuse’s post.

“Despite these outstanding victories, nine out of ten seats, we have remained humble and have not made unnecessary noise about it,” he stated.

Why the Ol Kalou victory matters

DCP’s Sammy Kamau Ngotho won Ol Kalou with 35,440 votes. UDA’s Samuel Muchina Nyagah finished second with 5,450.

The 29,990-vote margin made Ol Kalou more than an ordinary victory. DCP received about 85.8 per cent of the valid candidate votes, against UDA’s 13.2 per cent. IEBC recorded a 57 per cent turnout.

It was also DCP’s first parliamentary seat and a major victory in Mt Kenya, where President William Ruto and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua are battling for political influence.

Mutuse’s nine-out-of-ten calculation is therefore accurate only when limited to the ten parliamentary and senatorial contests he selected, and when ODM’s three victories are counted together with UDA’s six.

UDA itself won six, not nine. DCP also won three ward seats during the November 2025 by-elections.

“Clearly, one win out of ten is an E, while nine wins out of ten is an A,” Mutuse said.