The High Court in Embu has ordered a partial recount of votes in the Mbeere North by-election due to alleged irregularities and gaps in election records.

• The recount involves specific polling stations and ballot boxes, including Ballot box No. 135, which contained unexplained items.
• The case was filed by petitioner Newton Kariuki Ndwiga challenging the win of Leonard Wamuthende Njeru of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
• The court cited concerns such as violence at Kaungu polling station, potentially altered election forms (Forms 35A) at eight stations, and the need to verify unregistered voter ballots using KIEMS kits.