Amisi to Maraga: Fundraising without manifesto is recipe for failure
Saboti MP Caleb Amisi has taken a swipe at former Chief Justice David Maraga, questioning his readiness to run for the presidency in 2027.
Amisi accused Maraga’s campaign team of lacking a clear plan and criticised them for focusing on raising funds before unveiling a solid manifesto.
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In a strongly worded statement posted on his X account on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Amisi said that although many Kenyans admire Maraga for his courage and judicial record, his campaign risks failing due to poor planning and political inexperience.
“All Kenyans would love to have Maraga’s presidency, I, as number one supporter. But his team seems to be myopic, politically ignorant, planless, rudderless, and they could spoil his very imminent chances at the House of the Hill,” Amisi stated.
He further criticised the campaign’s approach to fundraising before launching a proper policy agenda.
“Rushing to collect money for the campaign before you sell the manifesto is like twerking on the stage before the DJ arrives to play the music. The audience shall be bored already unless you are curtain raising,” he added.
Amisi added that he supports Maraga’s bid, but warned that the former Chief Justice’s team could ruin his chances.
“We love @dkmaraga for audacity on the fundamental principles of law, or should I say a record-breaking jurisprudence on presidential election nullification,” Amisi wrote.
“He is a president born out of conspiracy theory, for convenient circumstances. But not as a product of a convoluted, ethnicised, politically oligarchical process.”
Maraga’s funding
Amisi’s remarks came shortly after Maraga appeared in an interview on a local television station where he discussed his approach to campaign financing. The former Chief Justice revealed that he plans to contribute a small amount from his pocket and will rely heavily on public donations.
“Very little. I mean, one, two million shillings. I don’t have much money,” Maraga said when asked about his contribution to the campaign.
“We are going to appeal to Kenyans to contribute to our campaign, and it is going to succeed. The Kenyans will themselves fund this election,” he asserted.
Maraga defended the idea of a publicly funded campaign, saying it would make his presidency free from external or elite influence.
“Once we are funded and get elected, you can rest assured that anybody trying to twist us or do anything will tell them, look, this is a Wanjiku-funded presidency,” he said.
