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Wetang'ula tightens grip on Western as Mudavadi stays away from local politics

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula addresses youth at his Namuyemba residence in Bungoma County, on June 7, 2026. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula is increasingly emerging as the dominant political figure in Western Kenya, steadily consolidating his influence and positioning himself as a potential presidential contender in 2032 amid the absence of Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi from the local political scene.

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