{"id":18077,"date":"2026-01-12T04:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/18077\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T04:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:26:07","slug":"ruto-opposition-set-for-a-rematch-in-next-months-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/18077\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto, Opposition set for a rematch in next month&#8217;s by-elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/xFhLdKsJ33nQxKZ8lQr4SsJwJYM1z99KfclHJwPI.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">IEBC Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon during a media briefing at PrideInn Paradise-Shanzu in Mombasa County on July 19, 2025. [File, Standard]&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Preparations for a second-round duel between the broad-based government and the opposition have begun in earnest ahead of the February 26 by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Uncover the stories others won\u2019t tell. Subscribe now for exclusive access\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    Unlimited access to all premium content<br \/>\n                    Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience<br \/>\n                    Mobile-optimized reading experience<br \/>\n                    Weekly Newsletters<br \/>\n                    MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted<\/p>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va0PRAYGk1Fo4ODHAg0b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Follow The Standard<br \/>\n                                    channel<br \/>\n                                    on WhatsApp<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; IEBC Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon during a media briefing at PrideInn Paradise-Shanzu in Mombasa County on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[11353,11354,80,469],"class_list":{"0":"post-18077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-february-26-by-electionsiebc","9":"tag-isiolo-south-parliamentary-seat","10":"tag-kenya","11":"tag-president-william-ruto"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}