PREMIUM Uhuru’s Azimio reaches out to Gachagua, Sifuna camps Politics Just now Listen

However, even as Mr Kenyatta seeks to rally opposition leaders, DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua, widely seen as the de facto opposition chief, has fired a warning shot that has unsettled coalition-building efforts.

Mr Kenyatta is said to be pulling out all the stops to have one presidential candidate to avoid a repeat of the mistake made by the opposition in 1992 when having multiple opposition candidates consequently handed then-President Daniel Moi a win.

The meeting, chaired by former President Uhuru Kenyatta, resolved to rebrand the coalition and bring together all the opposition parties under one umbrella before settling on a single candidate to face President William Ruto on August 10, 2027.