Central Organisation of Trade Unions Secretary-General Francis Atwoli challenged 44-year-old Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna's 2027 presidential ambitions, arguing he lacks the detention experience of past leaders and needs a stronger political team first.
Sifuna, a lawyer from Mumias who leads the Linda Mwananchi movement, has drawn support from figures like former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Online reactions split between those echoing Atwoli's call for more preparation and others rejecting arrests as a leadership benchmark, spotlighting generational clashes in Kenyan politics ahead of 2027.