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How opposition rifts revive fears of 1992 divisions

From Left, Former Embu Senator Lenny Kivuti, PNU Party Leader Peter Munya and DP Party Leader Justin Muturi during a press conference on August 4, 2026. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] 

“What happened in 1992 is not new under the sun. Things have a way of repeating themselves.”

That is the stark warning from constitutional lawyer and political analyst Ian Horsefield, who believes the widening cracks within Kenya’s Opposition are beginning to mirror the divisions that handed former President Daniel arap Moi victory in the country’s first multiparty election despite widespread public demand for change.

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