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Ghafla·Kenya·Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 09:46 AM

Big Blow For Kalonzo As Gachagua’s DCP Says NO To Ukombozi Alliance!

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Dennis Elnino

Kalonzo Musyoka’s plan to unite the opposition under the new Ukombozi Alliance has suffered an early setback after Rigathi Gachagua’s Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) rejected joining it.

Kalonzo unveiled the Ukombozi Alliance on September 21, 2026, at the SKM Command Centre in Karen as a successor to the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition formed by former President Uhuru Kenyatta before the 2022 polls. He said the new vehicle, which means liberation, would be open to other parties including DCP and Eugene Wamalwa’s DAP-K, with a goal of rescuing Kenyans from economic hardship and fronting a single candidate against President William Ruto in 2027.

However, DCP says it is not ready. Speaking on September 28, Advisory Council Chairperson Maina Kamanda said DCP must first strengthen its grassroots structures across all 47 counties before entering any coalition. He argued that Gachagua has already brought together most Mt Kenya voters under DCP and reached out to the Maa and Kipsigis communities, giving the young party the capacity to attract over eight million votes on its own.

“Gachagua has brought together many Mount Kenya voters under DCP. So, telling us to join some alliance will first require us to do our research and self-assessment,” Kamanda said.

DCP Deputy Leader Cleophas Malala was even more categorical on September 22 at the party’s Lavington headquarters. He said DCP will not join Azimio in any form.

“We as DCP will not join the Ukombozi Alliance. Let them join there, and then we (DCP) and Sifuna unite, and then we negotiate with them,” Malala said, revealing a plan to first form a separate coalition with Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna’s Linda Mwananchi movement before negotiating with Ukombozi as an independent bloc.

Kamanda added that DCP only recognizes four influential opposition leaders: Gachagua, Sifuna, Wamalwa, and Kalonzo himself.

The rejection exposes deep cracks in the opposition unity talks just months to the 2027 polls.

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