Won’t last: Opposition to break up before 2027, Lusaka predicts

Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka has dismissed the possibility of a united opposition surviving until the 2027 General Election, warning that visible fractures are already undermining its cohesion.

Addressing residents in Matete, Malava Constituency on Sunday, November 16, Lusaka said the opposition alliance is already showing strain, with senior figures engaging in open confrontations.

In a thinly veiled reference to DCP deputy party leader Cleophas Malala and Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya, who have recently been embroiled in public exchanges, Lusaka said the rifts signal a broader collapse within the opposition ranks.

Malalah has accused Natembeya of being a mole in the Opposition outfit claiming he is an agent of the ruling UDA.

According to Malalah, Natembeya is being funded by President William Ruto through his aide, Farouk Kibet, to rock the opposition.

Further, Malalah has claimed that Natembeya is using NIS information to rock the outfit.

“Mimi nashangaa gavana Natembeya ni mtu wa heshima lakini nagundua uko na ile akili ya askari unakula kwa mshtakiwa, unakula kwa mfungwa na kwa hakimu. Natembeya anatumiwa na NIS akuje agonganishe United Opposition,” Malala claimed while on a camapaign trail in Kisa East Ward.

At the same time, Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale and Kakamega Deputy Governor Ayub Savula are baying for each other’s blood.

Khalwale, a member of UDA, has dismissed Savula as a lightweight in the area’s politics after the DG, a member of the opposition’s DAP-K party, jumped ship and announced his support for UDA’s David Ndakwa.

Khalwale has launched a scathing attack against Savula with unprintable epithets while Savula has returned fire in equal measure.

Lusaka, who was campaigning for UDA parliamentary candidate David Ndakwa, urged locals to rally behind a government-allied candidate, arguing that doing so would ease access to development.

“You already have the marking scheme. Don’t take yourselves to the opposition. People join politics to form government, but some end up in the opposition by bad luck,” he told the crowd.

The governor expressed confidence that President William Ruto will secure re-election, saying the Western region has every reason to back him.

Lusaka credited the President with delivering significant development projects within a short period in office, insisting the momentum should not be disrupted.

He maintained that aligning with the government would guarantee continued progress for the region.