DCP party Deputy Cleophas Malala gives assurance of his support to Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna during Linda Mwanainchi rally at Kakamega town on August 8,2026.[File-Standard]
There is a shift in the political space of this country that has caught everyone flat-footed. One can tell from the unease now evident in political spaces. Many dismissed Edwin Sifuna’s emergence as a serious contender largely because none of us saw it coming. I doubt even Sifuna saw it coming.
Nothing suggested that Sifuna would become one of the most talked-about, followed and closely watched political figures in the country today. We knew him as the fiery Secretary-General, the disciplined and thorough senator, the combative defender of his party.
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