Wiper will form an alliance with Gachagua – Senator Maanzo
Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo has intimated that Wiper Party form an alliance with ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in the 2027 election contest
Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo has intimated that Wiper Party form an alliance with ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in the 2027 election contest.
This he said on Thursday, claiming that there is a possible split between Wiper and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party.
“Wiper will form an alliance with Rigathi Gachagua. We will form a big alliance which will form 50+1 [in] round one,” he said speaking on Citizen TV.
He added that there are cracks in the political dome despite the two parties being under the Azimio-One Kenya coalition party.
Maanzo believes the cracks stem from ODM’s political pact with the government after its boss Raila Odinga gave President William Ruto a shot in the arm, forming the broad-based government.
The legislator further noted that the two parties stopped reading the same script after ODM stopped acting as the nation’s opposition during the anti-government protests in June 2024.
“ODM and Wiper today are in a coalition, Azimio has not been killed. ODM decided to save the country when Ruto was overrun through Parliament and was about to be overrun in State House. That is what ODM was making sure does not happen and the country can scrape through to 2027 when we can have another election,” he said.
“After all we are all looking for a united nation [and] we have already charted our path of looking for votes. If ODM joins us on the way we will work with them.”
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ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna however disputed Maanzo’s sentiments, urging him to practice restraint when speaking on the coalition’s political path.
Sifuna maintained that the coalition will remain united and that the mandate to announce the coalition’s political stance lies with its bosses, Kalonzo and Raila.
“I know your constituency does not give you the power to say some of the things you are saying. It is a discussion that happens at a higher level,” Sifuna told Maanzo.
“You and me can fight here but we can be brought together by our bosses. I don’t understand why you are saying that ODM and Wiper are done. We are not leaving each other.”
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