Kalonzo says he will back Sifuna if opposition picks him for 2027
Key points
- Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka vowed to support Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna if he emerges as the preferred opposition presidential candidate for 2027.
- Speaking on NTV, he said the aim is to unite the opposition around a common cause to defeat President William Ruto.
- He stressed demographics and community expectations must still shape how the flagbearer is chosen — not “a simple question of numbers.”
- Kalonzo also said he would back Rigathi Gachagua, Martha Karua, Fred Matiang’i or Eugene Wamalwa if any of them becomes the preferred candidate.
“I am quite sure, and I can tell you, Sifuna has no problem supporting me either. I have no problem supporting him,” Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka said on NTV, framing mutual support as the glue for a joint ticket against President William Ruto in 2027, Eastleigh Voice reported.
Kalonzo pledged to back Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna if opposition networks settle on him as their presidential nominee. He said he had already shown willingness to support Sifuna, but added that Kenya’s demographics and the expectations of different communities must still inform the choice. The race, he argued, should not be reduced to individual vanity contests but to a shared cause.
Open door for Gachagua, Karua, Matiang’i and Wamalwa
Beyond Sifuna, Kalonzo listed other names he said he would also support if they become the preferred opposition candidate: former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, People’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua, former Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa. That catalogue reads less like an endorsement hierarchy than a public signal that Wiper will not block a negotiated flagbearer process — while still claiming a seat at the table when communities and numbers are weighed.
Politics desk: Politics. Related: 2027 elections political map hub. Verified interview quotes and named alternatives from Eastleigh Voice; no formal opposition convention resolution was published in the same package.
For voters watching Western, Mt Kenya and Nairobi arithmetic, the test is whether mutual-support soundbites become a written selection formula with dates and veto rules. Until then, every named ally remains a campaign asset and a rival in the same sentence.
Based on Eastleigh Voice reporting of Kalonzo’s NTV interview (Lucy Mumbi). Campaign pledges are not binding coalition agreements.
