OPARANYA WORRIED AS PRES. RUTO CUTS OFF BROKER NARRATIVE.

By Mwalimu Amunga

President William Ruto’s recent tour of Western Kenya speaks volumes. It wasn’t just another political visit. It was a clear declaration of intent. The President is done with brokers, fixers, and self-proclaimed “kingmakers” who have long thrived in the Luhya political space. Ruto is taking full control of Western politics, just as he did in Mt. Kenya and Rift Valley.

We’ve seen this movie before. In Mt. Kenya, he swept aside the political old guard, went straight to the people with his hustler gospel, and they fell in love with his message. In Rift Valley, he bulldozed through the old order and took direct charge of the ground. Now, Western Kenya is next on his list.

At first glance, Musalia Mudavadi, Moses Wetang’ula, and Wycliffe Oparanya may look comfortably close to the President. But anyone reading the signs can see the truth: Ruto is preparing to move past them. The writing is on the wall: their usefulness in his grand 2027 plan is fading fast.

Here is how.

*1. NO COMPETITION*

President Ruto said it himself right in front of them, that his only real competition was the late Raila Odinga. Everyone else, including the Luhya leaders hovering around him, are simply not a threat.

Ruto despises cowardice and sycophancy. He thrives on competition. He is a political hunter who sharpens his instincts when surrounded by rivals. That’s why he locked horns with Raila and ODM, why he’s taking aim at Kalonzo, and why Uhuru still lingers in his political crosshairs.

Soon, he won’t need Wetang’ula or Mudavadi standing next to him for validation. He’s preparing to stand alone in Western, and still win it.

*2. THE MALAVA CAMPAIGN AND THE FARUQ FACTOR*

Mudavadi and Wetang’ula made one fatal mistake:  Allowing Ruto to directly manage Western politics through his trusted aides, especially Farouk Kibet.

Let’s face it: Farouk is now running UDA operations in Malava. It took the President himself to travel there and campaign for the UDA candidate, Ndakwa. If Mudavadi and Wetang’ula truly mattered in Ruto’s political equation, he wouldn’t have needed to go. He wouldn’t have needed Farouk.

The message is crystal clear: if you can’t deliver Malava, how can you deliver the Western vote in 2027?

Right now, both Mudavadi and Wetang’ula have endorsed Ruto to rule until 2032; yet they’ve also handed him the steering wheel of Western politics. That’s not strategy; that’s surrender. It's political suicide.

3. THE KAKAMEGA STATE LODGE MEETING

At the Kakamega State Lodge, President Ruto personally collected the contacts of grassroots leaders. He didn’t delegate. He didn’t send a middleman. He handled it himself down to the distribution of tokens.

That single act carried a loud message: “I can deal directly with the Mulembe voter. I don’t need brokers.”

Ruto is building his own network across Western Kenya. Door to door. Village to village. He’s assembling a new political machine that answers directly to him, not to Musalia, not to Wetang’ula, not to Oparanya.

CONCLUSION

Make no mistake: President Ruto is already deep into his 2027 game plan. The Mt. Kenya bloc that once lifted him to State House is slipping away. To replace it, he is turning to Western Kenya, and he wants it on his own terms.

The message to Mudavadi, Wetang’ula, and Oparanya couldn’t be clearer: *step aside or be swept aside*.

A new political order is taking shape in the Mulembe Nation, and this time, it doesn’t have room for middlemen.

Watch this space.

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