{"id":7012,"date":"2026-03-19T18:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/?p=7012"},"modified":"2026-03-19T18:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:25:51","slug":"tmg-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/tmg-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Kenya Politics Heat Up as Sifuna, Lusaka Rivalry Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BY FELIX WANJALA<\/sup><\/kbd><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As political alignments ahead of the 2027 General Election continue to take shape across Kenya, the Western region has emerged as a key battleground attracting the attention of several leaders eyeing the presidency.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The growing national political presence of Edwin Sifuna, the Secretary-General of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), is increasingly seen as complicating the efforts of Kenneth Lusaka, the Governor of Bungoma County, who has been working to rally Western leaders and voters to support William Ruto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, a group of emerging young leaders has begun pushing a new narrative\u2014arguing that the time has come for the Western region to field its own presidential candidate rather than consistently backing contenders from other parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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