KISUMU, Kenya, Sep 5 — Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has revealed that the ruling UDA-led coalition is working on a new broad-based coalition framework and joint manifesto that will anchor President William Ruto’s bid for re-election in the August 2027 General Election.

📻 Breaking It Down

Mudavadi said a committee bringing together representatives of UDA and ODM is being constituted to craft the new framework, which he said will set out the coalition’s agenda for the five years following the 2027 election.

“We are putting pen on paper to have a new coalition framework that will drive our agenda for the next five years after August 2027, and President Ruto will be our candidate for the new framework,” Mudavadi said.

He spoke at Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu during a consultative engagement with more than 100 UDA aspirants from Kakamega and Vihiga counties.

📌 What You Need to Know

Mudavadi said strengthening UDA’s grassroots presence was critical to ensuring the party commands sufficient numbers to give Ruto a stronger negotiating position within the new coalition.

“You cannot have a leader of a coalition in a broad-based framework then you weaken his party,” he warned.

He said the strength of Ruto’s party would determine his ability to exercise influence within the coalition and advance his legislative agenda if re-elected.

Mudavadi cited the experience of former President Mwai Kibaki during the Grand Coalition Government, arguing that Kibaki’s limited political strength within the coalition made it difficult for him to drive his legislative agenda through Parliament.

“We don’t want this to happen to our candidate President Ruto when he wins,” he said.

Mudavadi urged UDA aspirants to expand the party’s support base across the country, saying the party’s numbers would ultimately determine its bargaining power in the new coalition arrangement.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya