Edwin Sifuna

Edwin Sifuna is the Senator for Nairobi and a former ODM Secretary-General. After breaking with ODM over its pact with Ruto, Sifuna is running for President in 2027 with backing from the Linda Mwananchi movement. Born on 22 May 1982 in Mumias, Kakamega County. Age 44.

Full name

Edwin Watenya Sifuna

Born

22 May 1982, Mumias, Kakamega County

Party

Linda Mwananchi movement

Education

• University of NairobiLLB
• Kenya School of LawDiploma in Law

Career

• 2017Ran for Nairobi Senator on the ODM ticket and lost to Johnson Sakaja
• 2018ODM Secretary-General
• 2022Elected Senator for Nairobi with 716,876 votes
• 2026Removed as ODM Secretary-General; presidential candidate of the Linda Mwananchi movement

Where Sifuna stands

A clear anti-establishment turn within party politics, now with a tax-relief and civil-liberties platform. His policy placements rest on stated positions.

• Institutions and power-sharing: Leans checks and devolution
• Political style: Anti-establishment
• Civil liberties: Leans liberty-first
• Land, wealth and taxes: Leans strong redistribution

• SCost of living: Cut taxes on ordinary Kenyans within 100 days, through a supplementary budget, and cut State House spending (July 2026).
• AHealthcare: Disputes government claims that SHA works, saying Bungoma's governor told him county hospitals had not been paid. His account of a private conversation.
• SEconomic management and debt: Would return Mumias Sugar to public ownership (August 2026).

Placed mainly from what Sifuna did, not what Sifuna said. See the full record, with every source.

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