Omtatah: Western region visit will come last in my national tour
Busia Senator and 2027 presidential aspirant Okiya Omtatah has said that he will tour the Western region last in his nationwide consultative tour.
Speaking on a local TV station on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, Omtatah explained that his campaign is not based on tribal or regional lines.
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“My political base is not tribal nor regional. I believe in Kenya as a single unit. I just chose to begin from where it was feasible. We will go there last,” he said.
The outspoken senator has intensified his presidential campaign through a series of public forums across the country. His goal is to collect views from ordinary Kenyans that will shape his manifesto, which he plans to unveil in February 2027.
Omtatah’s Presidential Exploratory Committee has held several meetings in the Mt. Kenya region, one of the country’s most vote-rich areas, as he seeks to popularise his bid and gather ideas for a people-driven agenda.
Confidence
Omtatah, who is known for his activism and firm stance on constitutionalism, has in the past said he is confident of winning the 2027 presidential election by a large margin.
Speaking in an earlier interview on May 26, 2025, he said his team, mostly composed of Gen Zs, is already traversing the country, conducting civic education and spreading his campaign message. He revealed plans to soon launch a youth-led initiative dubbed Identity Yetu, which will focus on political education and engaging young people in national discourse.
“Where things stand, it is very real, and I am looking at 70 per cent. My confidence comes from what I am doing on the ground,” Omtatah said.
Adding;
“I have a team going around, and soon we are releasing something called Identity Yetu. This is by Gen Z to go and spread the message and do political education.”
Omtatah added that another team is holding town hall meetings in different parts of the country to listen to the concerns of citizens. From these interactions, he said, it is clear that most Kenyans view the struggling economy as the biggest issue.
“We have people who are doing town halls, and the response is positive. People have agreed that the economy is the primary issue that we must address in the country today. So I have full confidence, and when push comes to shove, I will emerge victorious,” he said.
The first-term senator also blamed the country’s leadership, not its people, for Kenya’s long-standing challenges, including bad governance and economic hardship.
“We have a very beautiful constitution; we have beautiful laws, but they mean nothing. And that’s why state capture comes in, and whims of powerful individuals are now the laws of the country. Political goodwill to implement the law is lacking,” he said.
Omtatah said real change will only come when Kenyans are allowed to freely express their will through the ballot, something he claims is currently lacking.
