A third force forming away from Ruto and Gachagua ahead of 2027

Amid high-octane politics, including one-term and two-term political sloganeering pitting President William Ruto against his former Deputy Rigathi Gachagua, youthful leaders across the political divide are coalescing to form a third force.

While Ruto and Gachagua's axis are competing based on ethnic mobilisation while presenting themselves as each other's checkmate, the youthful group is presenting itself as a budgetary watchdog, and Gen Z friendly, whose aim is to liberate the country from the ever politicking class which include the Kenya Kwanza government led by Ruto and the opposition led by Gachagua, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka among others.

The youthful leaders from both the Kenya Kwanza coalition and the Azimio La Umoja coalition have separately and jointly launched an all-out political war against the Ruto administration and the opposition to liberate the country.

In Western, a group that seems to snatch strongholds from Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula and ODM leader Raila Odinga.

The group led by Caleb Amisi (ODM) believes Western is ripe for leadership revolution and has enjoined other leaders, such as ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, MPs Majimbo Kalasinga (Kabuchai)and Wanami Wamboka (Bumula). They say they will guide the region on who to vote for in 2027, away from President Ruto.

Amisi said the youthful leaders will soon launch events covering the larger Western region with the main aim of defeating Ruto in 2027. "You want youth to liberate Western Kenya? We are enough; we don't even need Team Wamunyoro. We alone are enough to send William Ruto home," he said.

He said the youthful leaders will form a political party that will give Gen-Z a platform to join leadership positions and maintained that the Western region will not negotiate through Raila, Mudavadi and Wetangula.

He said: "On August 3, we shall unveil a bigger team that will liberate Western Kenya politically."

Another set of youthful leaders led by Peter Salasya (Mumias East), Babu Owino, and Muranga Governor Irungu Kangata were in Murangatwoo weeks ago, where talks of a political coalition between the young leaders emerged.

"Leaders have forgotten key roles of industrialisation and job creation as envisaged by our forefathers, but Kangata is on the right track. This explains why Kangata, Babu and I need to join hands and form a political force to liberate this country," Salasya said.

Owino accused Ruto of being bitter with his electorate. "The government only understands one language, one term and maandamano, but the main reason why Ruto looked for power and he was voted in was for him to become a better person and not a bitter person," said Owino.

Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has also launched an anti-Ruto campaign as he focuses on fiscal mismanagement and budgetary irregularities. He is focusing on scrutinising government borrowing practices and the suspected diversion of funds initially earmarked for other purposes, particularly to finance infrastructure projects.

"We can play around with everything else, but we cannot afford to play around with the money contributed by Kenyan workers. We are forcing NSSF to build roads in Kenya. NSSF's role is to ensure workers' money is optimally invested," Nyoro said.

He claimed the government had coerced NSSF into entering public-private partnerships after the private sector rejected the investment opportunities, deeming them financially unviable.

"The government is now forcing NSSF to invest in large-scale projects, just so some people can get their cut, leaving Kenyan workers with nothing," Nyoro added.

In the clearest indication yet that the MP is warming up to a duel with the government, Nyoro also accused the National Treasury of borrowing Sh175 billion through securitisation of the fuel levy, with taxpayers set to repay the loan to the tune of Sh300 billion.

"Even the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is concerned about our financial mismanagement. We are heading down the same path as Zambia," Nyoro warned.

He added: "We are borrowing money without disclosing it in government records or obtaining approval from the National Assembly. I want to put government officials on notice-soon, the law will catch up with you. The country is heading to the dogs."