Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has revealed that opposition parties will name their presidential candidate a few months before the 2027 polls.
Speaking in Machakos County on Tuesday, April 15, the former DP revealed December 2026 as the possible timeline to name the candidate who will challenge President William Ruto.
Gachagua added that talks were currently ongoing regarding the team to challenge Ruto in he next election.
Among those in the talks include Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, former Interior CS Fred Matiang'i, People's Liberation Party leader Martha Karua and DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa.
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The former DP explained that the opposition team could not name their candidate in advance, expressing fears over a plot by the government to cause divisions among them
"They are trying to come up with ways to cause divisions, but we are not stupid. We cannot go against each other. Are we stupid?
"We shall remain silent until December 2026, when we will announce who the person is. If we talk right now, they will plot against us. We are patriotic, and we will put our selfish interests aside for the benefit of the people of this country," he stated.
Earlier, Wamalwa had hinted that the opposition leaders would field one candidate to ensure that they maximise on numbers to clinch the elections.
He also cautioned the Gen Zs against fielding their candidate.
“The Gen Zs have every reason to be cynical about some of us who have been in politics for long, but they say it takes a village to raise a child, so it will take the whole country and an intergenerational kind of partnership for us to rid this country of this corrupt regime. They cannot do it on their own, and we cannot do it on our own,” Wamalwa said during an interview on NTV.
“Once we agree on that, then we should take this as a mission that we must take to save this country. If we want our country back, we must make sacrifices.”
