Angry Mumbuni voters chase Alfred Mutua out of polling station
By Valerian Khakayi, November 27, 2025Chaos erupted at Kasinga Primary School polling station in Mumbuni ward, Machakos County, on Thursday, November 27, 2025, as angry voters chased Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection Alfred Mutua.
Mutua had accompanied Harrison Wambua Mutuku, the Maendeleo Chap Chap candidate, as he cast his vote.
In a video seen by K24 Digital, Mutua is seen being escorted to his vehicle as angry residents chant and demand that he leave the polling station.
“Accompanied by other leaders this morning, we joined Harrison Wambua Mutuku, the Maendeleo Chap Chap candidate in the Mumbuni North Ward by-elections, as he cast his vote at Kasinga Primary School. We are confident that Harrison will emerge victorious and usher in a new era of honest, development-focused leadership for the people of Mumbuni North,” Mutua wrote on his official X account.
Apart from the former Mumbuni North Member of the County Assembly (MCA ), Paul Museku, who was also chased away by angry voters in the same ward after refusing to leave the polling station once he voted.
Former MCA fled to save his life from angry voters.
By-election dramas
This by-election has been witnessed with a lot of drama at different polling stations.
In Mbeere North, the Democratic Party (DP) leader and former Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi and some of the representatives of the DP’s candidate for the parliamentary seat, Newton Karish, kicked out an agent of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA’s candidate.
The agent representing Leonard Wa Muthende was kicked out for wearing yellow, which is one of the official colours of the UDA party at the Siakago polling centre.
Speaking to local media after the incident, Muturi said that the agent is the Chinga ward MCA Kiruga Thuku, whom he and Karish representatives sent out.
He added that it is against the law to wear party colours at the polling station.
“We have told him you cannot come to the polling area when you are donning party colours. If he is an authorised agent or even an observer, he must come wearing other kinds of clothes, not come wearing party colours,” Muturi said.
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“The person is Chinga Ward MCA Kiruga Thuku.”
- Malava
In Malava constituency, a vehicle belonging to the Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) leader Eugene Wamalwa has been set ablaze by unknown goons in Manyonje, Butali ward.
DAP-K also claimed that its candidate has been arrested and is being held at Malava Police Station as voters in the constituency cast their votes.
“Our Candidate, Seth Panyako, has been arrested and is currently being held at Malava Police Station. This, even after goons under police supervision terrorised him the whole night, injured our agents, destroyed property, and now they want to intimidate him. We will not allow!” the statement reads.
Watch: DAP-K’s Wamalwa blames state-backed groups for attacks, electoral disruptions
- Kasipul
Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma and his bodyguard sustained injuries after being attacked during the Kasipul parliamentary by-election on Thursday, November 27, 2025. Kaluma’s bodyguard’s firearm was also reported missing following the incident.
“I’m in a sitution where I am the observer for the ODM candidate. You can see I am bleeding. I have been attacked by Aroko and a team of goons. They have gone with the gun, for my body guard. And you can see they have stolen. And he’s the one who was telling them to hit me when I’m okay. And I’m here to wait for our ODM candidate to be on the way to vote.”
This is not acceptable. I want to tell our people to stay now. Come out and vote. Don’t worry about what is happening. Come out and vote. These people want to cause violence so that they scare people from voting.”
“So come out and vote. You see, they have attacked me, but I’m still here. There is no issue. Come out and vote. As we encourage our people, don’t react if you are attacked. Just the way you have not reacted, you will not attack.”