{"id":26,"date":"2026-07-31T17:44:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:55:30","slug":"ol-kalou-decides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Ol KALOU DECIDES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voting is underway in the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election as residents turn out to elect a new Member of Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polling stations opened as scheduled under the supervision of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), with election officials reporting that voting materials were delivered on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Security has been heightened across the constituency, with authorities urging voters to maintain peace and leave polling stations after casting their ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The by-election follows the death of former MP David Kiaraho, creating a closely watched contest that is expected to test political influence in the Mt. Kenya region. Polls are set to close later today before vote counting begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1001939724.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover;width:534px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1001939724.webp 554w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1001939724-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1001939724-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PHOTO COURTESY: GOOGLE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting is underway in the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election as residents turn out to elect a new Member of Parliament.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}