Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka avoided having a photo taken with Odinga and Ruto last week...

Like Mathuki Malonza and Nduva come from the Ukambani region – the fiefdom of Kalonzo Musyoka of the opposition Azimio la Umoja – and are the most high-profile Kamba members of the Ruto government...

Kalonzo Musyoka is determined to run in 2027 after sacrificing his own presidential ambitions to support Odinga in 2017 and 2022...

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka would expect to take over the leadership of the Azimio la Umoja opposition coalition and be its candidate in 2027...

With Azimio leader Odinga now potentially out of the picture the most obvious Leader of the Opposition and Azimio candidate in 2027 is Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka...

Yet since Ruto's election in August 2022 it has been the courts rather than an emasculated opposition led by Odinga and Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka that have been most effective in holding the presidency to account...

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has emerged as a far more energetic opponent to Ruto He says he would retire from politics if he does not lead the Azimio la Umoja ticket in 2027...

After several months of stop-start talks National Assembly leader Kimani Ichung'wa and his Azimio la Umoja counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka finalised the terms of reference for the ten-member National Dialogue Committee (NDC) in early September...

But insiders say Ruto is prepared to create a formal position of Leader of the Opposition for Kalonzo Musyoka and to offer Odinga his backing to be Kenya's nominee for the presidency of the African Union Commission...