UDA fires back at Uhuru over claims Raila won 2022 elections

Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary General Hassan Omar have hit back at retired President Uhuru Kenyatta after he claimed that the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga won the 2022 presidential election.

In separate remarks, the leaders faulted Uhuru for what they described as attempts to revive old political scores at the expense of President Ruto’s administration. 

Mutuse, while speaking at a rally in Kalii, Makindu, alleged there was an attempt from opposition to drive a wedge between leaders associated with UDA and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).

“You were the President then. You supported Raila Odinga. You told him many things, but Kenyans made their own decision. We will not allow you to fool other leaders in Kenya,” Mutuse , who famously started the motion which led to the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, said. 

The UDA-allied MP further urged Uhuru to respect the decision of the electorate and the current administration, noting that the former President had himself served two terms after being elected by Kenyans.

“Kenya has many families, but your family alone has ruled this country for 25 years. That should make you humble and make you respect Kenyans and the current leadership,” Mutuse said.

Separately, UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar accused Uhuru of a refusal to accept the outcome of the 2022 election, more than four years later. 

In a strongly worded statement, Omar maintained that Ruto had won the election, while crediting the current Head of State with helping Kenyatta secure the presidency in the 2013 and 2017 elections, before the relationship between the two leaders deteriorated during Kenyatta’s second term.

“President William Ruto won the 2022 election decisively and conclusively. For the past four years, Uhuru has constantly drowned in the reality of the loss and, more devastatingly, the stamp of defeat that there was nothing he could do about it.”

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The latest onslaught on Uhuru came after the 4th President made explosive remarks on Tuesday, September 22, during a Jubilee Party National Executive Council meeting in Nairobi, where he maintained that he is convinced the late Raila Odinga won the election in 2022 despite William Ruto being declared winner. 

Kenyatta said Jubilee had backed Odinga because its members wanted the country to move forward peacefully after years of political tension. He maintained that the campaign had done everything possible to support Odinga’s presidential bid.

“And we did everything we could to help Baba become the President of our Republic of Kenya. We did everything,” Kenyatta said, before adding that he still knew Odinga was the person who won the vote.

The renewed dispute over the 2022 election comes as political parties and leaders reposition themselves ahead of the 2027 General Election, with former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i set to take over the Jubilee party’s leadership ahead of its National Delegates Convention.

Matiang’i has already been endorsed by Jubilee as its presidential candidate for the 2027 election, placing the party at the centre of emerging opposition political realignments.

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