Siaya Governor James Orengo has vowed that he does not want to end up in court defending the outcome of the 2027 General Election through election petitions, as he has done in previous elections while representing former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Speaking during the Linda Mwananchi rally in Mwatate, Taita Taveta County, on Saturday, July 18, 2026, the seasoned lawyer urged residents to overwhelmingly support Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna’s presidential bid, saying his victory should be so decisive that there would be no room for an election petition.

“Mimi nimekuwa ortini mara mingi kutetea Raila Odinga kwa sababu ya uchaguzi. Sitaki 2027 tena niende kortini; lazima tushinde na kiwango kikubwa kama vile kule Ol Kalou.”

Lessons from Ol kalou

Orengo called on Kenyans to emulate the recently concluded Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election, where the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) candidate secured a landslide victory over the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate. According to the governor, the huge margin demonstrated the kind of mandate that leaves no room for post-election legal disputes.

He argued that the same approach should be replicated in the 2027 General Election by delivering an overwhelming victory for the opposition, saying that would ensure President William Ruto is voted out of office without the outcome being contested in court.

Mt kenya’s plan

This comes a day after former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has declared that the Mount Kenya region is on course to mobilise at least 7.1 million votes in the 2027 general election to send President William Ruto home, matching the number of votes the Head of State garnered nationally in the 2022 presidential election.

“That being said, we are committed and working hard to correct that situation. William Ruto came to power with 7.1 million votes across the country. Mount Kenya is working hard to mobilise and deliver at least 7.1 million votes in 2027 on our own so that we can wash away the sin we imposed on the republic in its entirety,” he said.

Mt kenya’s role in ruto’s victory

Gachagua acknowledged that he and the people of the Mount Kenya region played a significant role in President Ruto’s election in 2022, admitting that the region had made what he described as a “fatal mistake” by contributing nearly half of the votes that propelled the Kenya Kwanza administration into office.

“I want to admit and acknowledge that I, Rigathi Gachagua, and the people of Mount Kenya are, to a large extent, responsible for the mess our country is in. We handed this administration nearly half of the votes that brought it to power. To our fellow Kenyans, we are sorry,” he said.