Mudavadi in Kakamega: grow Western numbers for Ruto, then plan past 2027
Key points
- Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi launched the Magharibi Movement Lobby Group at Kakamega High School.
- He met more than 2,000 representatives from Kakamega’s 12 sub-counties and told the region to register more voters for a “petition-free” Ruto second term.
- He said Western should plan past the five-year cycle and cited the Rironi–Mau Summit road toward Malaba as a project past governments called uneconomic.
- Malava MP David Ndakwa, former MCA Douglas Beru and former MP Benjamin Washiali backed the line, including talk of a 2032 presidency.
“We should look at our numbers and register more voters to ensure we give President Ruto a petition free 2nd term.” Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi said that at Kakamega High School as he launched the Magharibi Movement Lobby Group, KBC reported.
More than 2,000 representatives from Kakamega’s 12 sub-counties — Butere, Ikolomani, Khwisero, Likuyani, Lugari, Lurambi, Malava, Matungu, Mumias East, Mumias West, Navakholo and Shinyalu — were in the hall. Mudavadi said Western (Kakamega, Busia, Vihiga, Bungoma) had been neglected on roads under earlier governments and that some past advisers had labelled the Rironi–Mau Summit expansion uneconomic. He said President William Ruto is now pushing that corridor toward Malaba to cut time and cost to Nairobi and the region. “Two-Term without a petition should be our walk and talk.” He called Magharibi not only a 2027 vehicle but a lobby for the region’s longer interest: “You cannot win the presidency without a party, a structure and a network.” Former nominated MCA Douglas Beru said when Mudavadi “says left, we keep left.” Malava MP David Ndakwa framed the journey as Ruto now and a regional eye on 2032. Former Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali asked Mudavadi to convene all Western leaders even inside the UDA–ODM broad-based deal.
A high-school launch is not a membership roll
Two thousand faces in Kakamega do not register 500,000 extra voters. The test is IEBC numbers in the four counties and whether ODM branches in the same wards walk the same way.
Politics desk: Politics. Verified venue, 12 sub-counties, quotes and named backers from KBC.
The lobby should publish a voter-registration target by constituency. Mudavadi should say how Magharibi sits beside ODM structures he now shares a government with.
County IEBC offices will be the scoreboard, not the Kakamega High School podium.
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Based on KBC reporting of the Kakamega launch. Political strategy claims are not forecasts.
