People’s Renaissance Movement (PM) party leader Caleb Amisi has fired a warning at opposition leaders accused of scheming to lock Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna out of the race for the opposition’s 2027 presidential ticket.
Amisi warned that any attempt to short-change Sifuna through backroom political deals would face resistance, insisting the senator must be given a fair shot at the top seat.
“If you are telling Edwin Sifuna to join DCP or wherever, make it clear that you are supporting him for the presidency,” he said.
Speaking at his Matisi residence in Kitale, where he met more than 100 political aspirants from Trans Nzoia and Bungoma counties, Amisi declared that PM was ready to sacrifice its own presidential ambitions to back Sifuna—but only if the opposition united behind him.
“If that candidate will be Edwin Sifuna, PM will drop its presidential candidate and support Sifuna,” the Saboti MP said.
Amisi described Sifuna as his preferred candidate, saying PM was formed to champion a new generation of leaders and challenge entrenched political interests.
But he ruled out surrendering his party’s political ambitions, insisting PM would field candidates for other elective positions across the country even as it backs Sifuna for president.
“PM has about 50,000 members, a national headquarters and 28 offices across the country. The structures give it the capacity to compete independently and strengthen its bargaining position in any coalition negotiations,” he said.
Amisi said changes to the party constitution allowed him to remain party leader without automatically becoming its presidential candidate, revealing that he was not seeking the presidency in 2027.
He insisted PM would field candidates from the presidential race to county assembly seats as it expands its political footprint ahead of the elections.
The meeting discussed the party manifesto, nomination procedures, electoral timelines and planned rallies across the Western region.
Amisi also took a swipe at opposition politicians he accused of contemplating a return to President William Ruto’s camp, declaring that PM would not abandon its opposition stance despite shifting political alliances.
Amisi also claimed the Ruto administration was facilitating the issuance of Kenyan identity cards and voter registration documents to Ugandan nationals to influence the 2027 elections in favour of the President and his allies in Trans Nzoia.
He vowed that PM members would monitor the Kenya-Uganda border before and during the elections to guard against alleged electoral malpractice.
“We are not going to allow non-Kenyans to determine the leadership of our country,” he said.
