Wiper Patriotic Front (WPF) leader Kalonzo Musyoka has urged parties affiliated with the United Opposition to focus on unseating the Kenya Kwanza administration in the 2027 General Election instead of engaging in unhealthy competition among themselves.
Mr Musyoka said he remains firmly committed to the opposition, dismissing rumours that he is holding talks with President William Ruto.
He insisted that his loyalty to the people of Kenya cannot be bought and maintained that the opposition's priority should be offering Kenyans an alternative government in 2027.
He said the only talks he can hold with President Ruto are on how he can relinquish power or after the opposition defeats him in the 2027 polls.
"In opposition, we have a single enemy—the Kenya Kwanza administration. We must aim our guns at dislodging President Ruto's government through our democratic right at the ballot in a year's time. We (political parties) must avoid competing with each other. I will talk with the other principals to come up with a win-win position in all elective posts," said Mr Musyoka.
He launched a fresh attack on the President Ruto administration, saying it was tainted by corruption and had forgotten the poor Kenyans who elevated it to power on the back of dozens of unfulfilled promises. He also criticised President Ruto's Vision 2060 national dialogue initiative, announced during his address to the nation on Thursday, terming it misplaced.
"They (Kenya Kwanza) began with the hustler slogan before coming up with the bottom-up mantra. They promised mama mboga and youth empowerment before they threw them under the bus," he told a crowd at Emaroro Village in Kajiado East, where he met the party's youth supporters and aspirants.
Drumming up support for the Wiper Party, Mr Musyoka was accompanied by a handful of elected leaders from Ukambani and Kajiado.
He cautioned the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) against any attempts to rig the forthcoming elections, saying Kenyans would not accept manipulated poll results.
"We are aware our competitors want to seek a Bill in the National Assembly to scrap the live transmission of election results. Let the IEBC be on high alert. We will have Gen Z streaming the results, and by midnight we will have the poll results. Kenyans are not ready for bungled elections," he added.
In a move to soothe the concerns of Kajiado voters, the Wiper Party waded into the Amboseli National Park transition standoff, saying President Ruto had no goodwill when he handed over the deed of transfer to the Kajiado County Government in November 2025.
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) was to hand over the management of the park to the county government on July 1, but the process was halted by a pending case in the High Court.
"There was no political goodwill from the onset over the transition of Amboseli. This is among the atrocities committed against the Maa community by the Kenya Kwanza administration. It must be rejected," said Mr Musyoka.
Recently, major political parties have pitched camp in vote-rich Kajiado County, which for years was a stronghold of Raila Odinga.
In the 2022 General Election, Raila and Ruto went neck and neck, with the opposition leader winning the contest after polling 360,000 votes across the three Maa counties.
Dr Ruto garnered 325,000 votes, a difference of 35,000 votes. In Kajiado, where Amboseli National Park is located, Raila garnered 158,556 votes against Ruto's 148,448. In Narok, Mr Odinga received 159,455 votes against Dr Ruto's 148,310, while in Samburu, Mr Odinga garnered 41,737 votes against Ruto's 28,329.
