Wamalwa, Savula clash over Western region support for Ruto's re-election bid and region's political direction

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DAP-Kenya Party leader Eugene Wamalwa.[File, Standard]

A political showdown unfolded in Navakholo, Kakamega County, as DAP-Kenya Party leader Eugene Wamalwa and Kakamega Deputy Governor Ayub Savula clashed over the Luhya community’s political future and support for President William Ruto’s 2027 re-election bid.

The two leaders, speaking during the burial of Benjamin Mangeni, father of Bunyala West MCA Sebastian Mangeni, differed on whether Western Kenya should rally behind President Ruto or support the emerging opposition coalition.

Savula, a former DAP-Kenya deputy party leader who later joined the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), challenged Wamalwa to openly declare his presidential ambitions instead of, as he put it, “hiding behind” the united opposition movement.