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Here's the flipside of Mbarire and Wanga victories

Kasipul Constituency MP-elect Boyd Were addresses a presser after being declared the winner in the by elections. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

No one felt the weight of campaigning for Mbeere North UDA MP-elect Leo Muthende in Thursday’s by-election more than Embu Governor Cecily Mbarire.

On November 15, she accused DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua of paying goons to cause mayhem. Desperately clutching at straws, the UDA chairperson admitted that the campaigns had robbed her of sleep.

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