Prime Cabinet Secretary (PCS) Musalia Mudavadi has questioned former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s political relationship with Linda Mwananch Movement (LMM) party leader Edwin Sifuna.
Speaking during a meeting with bishops in Nyang’ori, his native Vihiga County, on Saturday, November 7 Mudavadi challenged Uhuru to explain why he did not hand over the Jubilee Party to the Nairobi Senator if he was genuinely interested in his political future.
Mudavadi questioned why Uhuru had handed the Jubilee Party to former interior Cs Fred Matiang’i instead of Sifuna, using the issue to challenge claims of political support for the Nairobi Senator.
“If Uhuru was interested in Edwin Sifuna, why didn’t he handover the Jubilee Party to him? Why did he handover to someone else? My friend, you see it but you do not want to see,” Mudavadi said.
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At the same time, he urged the Luhya community and the wider Western Kenya region against supporting Sifuna’s Linda Mwananchi movement, dismissing his presidential ambitions ahead of the 2027 General Election.
The Prime Cabinet Secretary urged Western Kenya residents to remain in the Kenya Kwanza camp, arguing that President William Ruto stood a realistic chance of securing re-election in 2027.
He also criticised the leadership structure of Linda Mwananchi, taking issue with Sifuna’s decision to bring individuals who had faced impeachment into the movement’s leadership.
“You have been given people within the structure who are impeached and you are told to follow them. These are the things I wanted you to internalise as we have this meeting,” he told the clergy.
Mudavadi’s criticism also extended to the composition of the movement’s leadership, particularly following the appointment of former Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza as its First Deputy Party Leader.
Sifuna announced Mwangaza’s appointment during the unveiling of Linda Mwananchi’s national headquarters in Lavington, Nairobi, on October 30.
Mwangaza was impeached by the Meru County Assembly on August 21, 2024, with the Senate upholding her removal on the same day. The High Court subsequently upheld the impeachment decision on March 14, 2025.
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Mudavadi argued that an individual who had been impeached could only regain eligibility if a court overturned the decision.
He told the bishops that he had convened the meeting to explain the legal and political implications of the appointments, urging the clergy to pass the information to their congregations.
“Let’s not be people who move around in circles while making noise and you become like what the Whites call a dog chasing its own tail,” he said.
“Let people not play with us (or) deceive us in this Western Kenya region,” he added.
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The Prime Cabinet Secretary also questioned whether Linda Mwananchi had the national political structures required to mount a successful presidential campaign, arguing that support from Western Kenya alone would not be enough to secure victory.
He noted that even if Sifuna secured all the votes from the region, he would still have to convince voters in other parts of the country to meet the constitutional requirements for winning the presidency.
“Even if you take all from Western Kenya, you are still talking of only four counties. If you add Trans Nzoia, five; you still have a shortfall of 19 and then you have someone coming around here lying to you to follow him. Let us be realistic, the journey is still long,” Mudavadi said.
Under the Constitution, a presidential candidate must secure more than half of all votes cast and at least 25 per cent of the votes in at least 24 of Kenya’s 47 counties to be declared the winner.
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Mudavadi maintained that candidates needed the backing of political parties with established national structures to meet the requirements.
He urged the Western Kenya community to prioritise development, infrastructure and political stability rather than follow what he described as unrealistic political promises.
“So, what do we want for our people? We want infrastructure, we want continuity, we want peace. Let us tell each other the truth,” he said.
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