His deal with the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) plus the pacts made with Ford Kenya and Amani National Congress leaders Moses Wetang'ula and Musalia Mudavadi – the two most prominent Luhya politicians – could give him a lock on the Western and Coast regions...
If Ruto's coalition with ODM combined with his arrangements with the western Luhya leaders Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetang'ula gives him on paper the path to a convincing win polling data suggests the opposition may still be in with a chance...
Thousands attended a rally in Kakamega a western county Ruto expects to win in 2027 after co-opting its two major political figures Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetang'ula...
The two Luhya parties – Mudavadi's Amani National Congress and Moses Wetang'ula's Ford Kenya – have both merged with the UDA...
In Kabuchai Ward in neighbouring Bungoma County the other main Luhya leader in Ruto's coalition Ford-Kenya leader Moses Wetang'ula – Speaker of the National Assembly – saw his candidate Vincent Maunda comfortably defeated by an independent Erick Wekesa...
Having supported Odinga in the previous three elections the Luhya community split in 2022 after Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetang'ula switched to Ruto's camp and were appointed Prime Cabinet Secretary and National Assembly Speaker respectively (AC Vol 63 No 17 How the hustlers toppled the dynasties)...
For the President Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula will need to be rewarded for delivering a substantial share of the Luhya vote in western Kenya – though only Wetang'ula managed this in 2022...
He has since reverted to a formulaic ethnic calculus now relying on regional powerbrokers to deliver votes: Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula to mobilise the Western Kenya vote; Senate Speaker Amason Jeffa Kingi and Youth Affairs Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya – formerly Kwale governor – for the Coast; and Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale for the northern vote...
READ FOR FREE
On 7 February more than two years after the event a three-judge panel overturned Speaker Moses Wetang'ula's October 2022 decision declaring KK as the majority coalition...
His aggressive attempts to force Luhya leaders Musalia Mudavadi whose Amani National Congress party Malala defected from and Moses Wetangula to merge their parties into the UDA – comparing himself to John the Baptist in the process – has been received poorly...
