Former Deputy President tells Sifuna the region’s electoral backing now comes with non-negotiable conditions
By Yvonne Wambui
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua put Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna on notice on Saturday that Mt Kenya’s electoral support ahead of the 2027 General Election will not come without clear terms — and that the community intends to negotiate firmly before committing to any political alliance.
Speaking at the Ngemi Cia Watho cultural event at Thika Greens Golf Country Club in Murang’a County, Gachagua told Sifuna directly that the region had drawn clear lessons from 2022, when it delivered an overwhelming vote for President William Ruto without first securing firm political agreements. That, he said, would not happen again.
Addressing the gathering with Sifuna seated among the leaders present, Gachagua was unambiguous: any politician seeking Mt Kenya’s backing must engage the community openly, establish mutual terms and submit to scrutiny before receiving its support. Promises alone, he said, would no longer be sufficient.
The conditions signal a sharper, more deliberate posture from a region that has historically delivered decisive electoral margins but felt shortchanged in the distribution of political returns. Gachagua’s message was directed as much at the broader political class as at Sifuna specifically — a public declaration that Mt Kenya is approaching 2027 as an organised, self-aware electoral bloc with defined expectations.
Whether Sifuna, whose Western alliance networks give him national ambitions, will meet those terms remains to be seen.
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