Junet: 2027 election to end entitlement politics
National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed has declared that the 2027 General Election will be a turning point for Kenya’s political future.
Speaking on Thursday, August 14, 2025, during a grassroots leaders’ meeting in Migori County, Junet said the upcoming general polls will determine whether Kenya finally sheds outdated notions that only certain individuals or communities are fit to lead.
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He said it is time to bury political practices that lock some people out of leadership based on background or perceived status.
“This coming election, the way I see it, is going to be an election and also a referendum. It will determine, once and for all, the politics of locking some people out and allowing others in,” Junet asserted.
“The politics of saying so-and-so is not fit to be president, or so-and-so can or cannot lead, will end in 2027.”
With President William Ruto welcoming him during a grassroots leaders’ meeting in Migori County, Thursday, August 14, 2025. PHOTO/PCS
In a light-hearted moment, the Suna East MP even joked that after seeking reelection for his parliamentary seat, he would aim higher.
“Even I can be president. If I can be given one more term, the next one I’ll take from you,” he said.
The event was led by President William Ruto and attended by all elected leaders from Migori County as well as several Cabinet Secretaries, signalling the growing emphasis on cross-party cooperation at the grassroots level ahead of the by-elections.
Junet also used the occasion to reiterate ODM’s support for the broad-based government arrangement currently in place. He said the party’s Central Management Committee, chaired by Raila Odinga, had resolved to support the administration to stabilise and develop the country.
“The only government that has done something is Migori’s colonial government and this one. All the others, we saw nothing,” Junet remarked.
He also aimed at segments of the opposition, accusing them of engaging in unproductive protests without offering any clear agenda.
“These people running around, when you ask them what their agenda is, they will not tell you anything,” he said, criticising what he described as politics driven by noise rather than substance.
