The party, symbolized by scales of
justice, quickly surpassed one million members in under 10 hours through USSD
code *509# or the registrar's website, drawing endorsements from figures like
former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who called Sifuna his cousin and
urged building parliamentary strength.
Leaders such as Siaya Governor James Orengo and Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya backed Sifuna as the 2027 standard-bearer, while MP Babu Owino attended and was suggested as a potential Nairobi gubernatorial candidate, marking TEP as a rising opposition force rooted in an existing 2022 entity.