How independent candidates, local leaders upset big names in recent polls

National Assembly's Speaker Moses Wetangula during the vetting of CSs at the Mini Chambers, County Hall, Nairobi. (Elvis Ogina, Standard)

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua are among the major casualties in the recent by-elections, in which the candidates they supported were defeated.

Democratic Party leader Justin Muturi, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba, Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua, Senate Chief Whip Boni Khalwale, National Assembly Chief Whip Silvanus Osoro, and Narok Governor Patrick Ntutu are also nursing defeats.