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  CIVICLENS GAZETTE | Wednesday, 19 August 2026 By Civiclens Gazette Political Desk A meeting that was more than a photograph For years, Kenyan politics has taught voters one thing: sometimes the significance of a political meeting is not found in the number of microphones present, but in who is sitting around the table. That is the picture emerging from Wamunyoro on Wednesday, 19 August 2026, where Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua hosted DCP aspirants from Laikipia County for a consultative meeting. Among those present was Laikipia East parliamentary aspirant Douglas Mwangi, popularly known as Daghy , who has officially joined the DCP fold and today made his first official visit to Gachagua's Wamunyoro residence since joining the party. The handshake between Gachagua and Daghy may look like an ordinary political photograph. But in the increasingly competitive politics of Laikipia East, such images carry political mean...

 CIVICLENS GAZETTE Tuesday, 18 August 2026 From Sifuna’s road videos to billions in county resources, Homa Bay’s infrastructure debate has moved beyond politics — and into the harder question of value for money. By Civiclens Investigative Desk The dust rising from roads in parts of Homa Bay County this week has become more than an image circulating on social media. It has become a question. A political question. A development question. And, above all, an accountability question. On Sunday, August 16, 2026, the Edwin Sifuna-led Linda Mwananchi movement toured parts of Homa Bay, where images and videos of rough, dusty and poorly graded roads attracted national attention. The convoy encountered difficult road conditions after leaving major highways to reach some of its destinations, bringing renewed public scrutiny to the state of infrastructure in the county. The images travelled quickly. Across television, digital news platforms and social media, Kenyans began asking a d...

  CIVICLENS GAZETTE | Monday, 17 August 2026 For residents who have grown tired of promises made from a distance, Douglas Mwangi’s consistent presence in the community is becoming a political statement of its own. In politics, visibility can be manufactured. A politician can appear on posters, issue carefully worded statements, hold rallies and make promises that sound impressive from a podium. But there is another kind of visibility that is much harder to manufacture: showing up when ordinary people need someone to listen. Across parts of Laikipia East, that distinction is increasingly becoming part of the conversation around Douglas Mwangi, popularly known as Daghy . To his growing number of supporters, Daghy’s appeal is not simply about what he says he wants to do. It is about the frequency with which residents say they see him engaging with communities, listening to concerns, supporting local initiatives and maintaining contact with people beyond the traditional political ...

 CIVICLENS GAZETTE Monday, 17 August 2026 Joseph Maina Njogu says his proposed approach would move Nanyuki from reactive repairs to a planned, accountable and safety-focused street-lighting system. By CivicLens Gazette Investigations Desk For years, the question of street lighting in Nanyuki has refused to disappear. Residents have complained about dark sections of the town, malfunctioning lights, inadequate coverage and poorly illuminated public spaces. Traders worry about what darkness means for evening business. Residents returning home after work face poorly lit routes. The issue has also repeatedly appeared in county planning and budgeting documents, suggesting that Nanyuki’s lighting challenge is not a new political talking point but a persistent urban-management problem. Now, as Nanyuki heads toward the 2027 political contest, aspiring MCA Joseph Maina Njogu, popularly known as Mdoido, is positioning street lighting among the practical issues he says he would pursue if elect...

  CIVICLENS GAZETTE Saturday, 15 August 2026 By CivicLens Gazette Desk UMANDE WARD — LAIKIPIA EAST Douglas Mwangi, popularly known as Daghy , has taken his grassroots engagement in Laikipia East Constituency to Umande Ward, where he met members of the Murungai Women Group in an encounter that combined community support, listening and a conversation about the future of local development. During the meeting, Daghy donated chairs to the women’s group and, perhaps more significantly, spent time listening to the issues, priorities and expectations of the members. The meeting comes as Daghy continues positioning himself as an aspiring candidate for Member of Parliament for Laikipia East in the 2027 General Election , with his growing grassroots engagements increasingly placing community voices at the centre of his political message. Rather than using the gathering solely as an opportunity to speak to the residents, Daghy invited the women to articulate what they believe should be...

  CIVICLENS GAZETTE Saturday, 15 August 2026 DCP aspirant Joseph Maina Mdoido puts drainage, sanitation and better urban planning at the centre of his Nanyuki agenda By Civiclens Gazette Political & Public Affairs Desk Flooding in Nanyuki is emerging as one of the infrastructure issues that DCP aspirant Hon. Joseph Maina Mdoido says he intends to confront as part of his vision for Nanyuki Ward. Mdoido, who has been engaging residents, traders and hawkers on challenges affecting the ward, has identified drainage, sanitation and the condition of trading spaces as interconnected problems requiring a more organised response. During his engagement with Nanyuki traders and hawkers, drainage was among the issues highlighted alongside sanitation, security and the need for dignified trading spaces. His emerging message is straightforward: Nanyuki should not continue treating flooding as an occasional problem that is addressed only after heavy rains. Instead, drainage should be ...

  Mdoido puts market revival, trader dignity and accountability at the centre of his Nanyuki Ward agenda CIVICLENS GAZETTE | NANYUKI | FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2026 The story behind today's meeting Nanyuki's hawkers and traders have once again placed the future of the town's market infrastructure at the centre of public debate. The issue came into sharp focus today when Joseph Maina Njogu, popularly known as Mdoido , met Nanyuki hawkers and traders to listen to their concerns and discuss the future of market infrastructure in Nanyuki Ward. The engagement comes at a critical moment. For years, Nanyuki traders have operated within a market system that has repeatedly appeared in county development plans for rehabilitation and improvement. Yet official county documents show that some planned interventions have remained incomplete or were recorded as not initiated. That history has created a political and economic question that is increasingly difficult to ignore: Why has one ...