It’s 4 years of tension for Kenya parties eyeing 2027 votes

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Opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka has declared he will be in the presidential race for a second time. PHOTO | WILFRED NYANGARESI | NMG

Kenya’s presidential and parliamentary elections are close to four years away. On paper, the official campaign period will begin three months to the elections date in August 2027. But in a country where electioneering never stops, political party activity is already heating up.

The political scene could get even more dramatic in the coming weeks, with internal fallouts and realignments expected in the opposition Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Alliance after former prime minister Raila Odinga’s effusive praise of Kalonzo Musyoka and the forthcoming grassroots elections in President William Ruto’s party, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA).