Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has dismissed claims that President William Ruto’s administration is planning to interfere with the 2027 General Election.
Speaking during a church service in Kapsengere, Nandi County, Mudavadi said Ruto is ready to face his opponents at the ballot and will respect the will of the people.
He urged politicians to stop spreading claims that the elections will not be free and fair, saying Ruto’s victory should come through a democratic and constitutional process.
“The President and his party are not planning to rig the elections. His victory will come from the will of the people, democratically and constitutionally,” Mudavadi said on Sunday.
Additionally, he urged the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to act firmly against politicians who promote tribalism, inflame tensions or deliberately "undermine confidence in our electoral process."
"As we head towards 2027, let us choose unity over division, leadership over noise and democracy over reckless politics," he said.
The PCS also defended the broad-based partnership between UDA and ODM, saying the coalition’s grassroots campaigns are gaining momentum.
He said the government is focused on continuity and ensuring that the gains made under Ruto’s administration are not reversed.
People’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua had earlier on Sunday questioned the credibility of Kenya’s 2027 elections after UDA Secretary-General Hassan Omar made remarks suggesting that fingerprints of deceased Kenyans could be used to cast votes for President William Ruto.
In a statement on Sunday, Karua said the remarks were “a seriously grave matter”, warning that the confidence with which such a statement was made was “deeply disturbing” as the country approaches an election whose integrity is a constitutional responsibility.
“A government official publicly saying their strategy will be ‘voting the dead’ is a seriously grave matter,” Karua said, without naming Omar directly.
Her remarks followed comments by Omar during a political engagement in Mombasa in which he suggested that the fingerprints of people who had died could be taken before burial and used through the biometric voter registration system to cast ballots in their names.
The remarks have since triggered criticism from opposition leaders, who say they raise fresh concerns about possible manipulation of the 2027 election.