Mbeere North by-elections: Leonard Wa Muthende’s agent kicked out by Justin Muturi for wearing yellow
Drama was witnessed at the Siakago polling centre in Mbeere North on Thursday, November 27, 2025, after 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.
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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.
“The person is Chinga Ward MCA Kiruga Thuku.”
Muturi on unmarked vehicles
This comes after he raised an alarm over a surge in vehicles roaming Mbeere North with unmarked tail plates on the eve of the by-election.
While speaking in Siakago, which will serve as the Mbeere North tallying centre, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, Muturi noted that the vehicles are carrying unidentified individuals who are not known to the locals.
He further stated that hotels in Embu Town and Mbeere North are full of unidentified people allegedly brought in by politicians aligned to the state.
According to Muturi, this is one of the state’s desperate attempts to rig the hotly contested by-election in their favour.
“There is an unusual number of unmarked cars and vehicles without number plates and registration numbers crisscrossing the entire constituency, and they are carrying people unknown to residents in Mbere North,” Muturi said.
He expressed disappointment with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), saying he has lost trust in the commission because, in his view, it has failed to address such matters.
Muturi also criticised the commission’s decision to introduce plainclothes police officers in tallying centres, arguing that ordinary citizens will not be able to distinguish them from thugs and hired goons who may be used to influence the election outcome.
He stated that their supporters will remain peaceful as they exercise their democratic right and warned that any chaos instigated by the opposing side would be neutralised, saying that force would be met with force.
