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Busia County Senator Okiya Omtata, Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, Bumula MP Jack Wamboka during the burial service of Mary Gorreti Okiya at Kabula, in Bumula on September 5,2026. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has declared that the fight to restore democracy, media freedom and the rule of law following the abduction of Standard Group Senior Editor will form the centrepiece of the Linda Mwananchi government vowing to defeat President William Ruto in the 2027 General Election.
Sifuna accused President Ruto’s administration of undermining constitutional freedoms and creating an atmosphere of fear, saying the country must be returned to what he described as “the rail of the six important values” enshrined in the Constitution.
Speaking in Bumula Constituency, Kakamega County during the burial of Mary Goreti, the sister of Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah, Sifuna strongly condemned the abduction and arrest of a Standard Group Associate Editor, Alex Kiprotich, arguing that journalists must be protected if Kenya is to remain a democratic country.
