Mulembe Nation

25/07/2026

𝙀𝘿𝙒𝙄𝙉 𝙎𝙄𝙁𝙐𝙉𝘼: 𝙏𝘼𝙆𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘾𝙍𝙊𝙒𝙉. 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙉 𝙊𝙐𝙏𝙂𝙍𝙊𝙒 𝙄𝙏.

Tomorrow, when the people of Western Kenya gather around one of their sons and say, in effect, “We recognize you. Lead,” Edwin Sifuna should accept that moment for what it is.

An honour.
A source of political strength.
But also a test.

There are two ideas from systems thinking that may be useful to Sifuna as he begins whatever journey lies beyond tomorrow: the Law of 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 and the Law of 𝙍𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮.

The first is simple.

𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

And perhaps that explains tomorrow.

Before Kenya hears Sifuna as a national political proposition, the people who know his language, his history and the soil from which he comes are saying: this voice is also ours.

There is nothing inherently wrong with that.

Every tree needs roots.

The danger begins when the roots become the fence.

Because there is a second principle Sifuna may need even more:

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙬 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮.

In simple terms, a complex system can only be successfully navigated by a system capable of matching its complexity.

And Kenya is extraordinarily complex.

The conversation in Bungoma is not necessarily the conversation in Nyeri.

The anxiety of a farmer in Trans Nzoia is not identical to that of an unemployed graduate in Nairobi.

A trader in Gikomba, a fisherman in Homa Bay, a pastoralist in Turkana, a boda boda rider in Kakamega and a business owner in Mombasa may all be dissatisfied with the same country for very different reasons.

You cannot build a national movement by shouting one message louder.

You must develop the political range to hear all of them.

That does not mean becoming everything to everybody.

That is opportunism.

It means taking a few convictions—justice, accountable government, economic opportunity, constitutionalism, human dignity—and learning how those convictions speak to millions of Kenyans living very different lives.

That is requisite variety.

And this is where the two principles meet.

𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧.

𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣.

The prize is something much harder:

𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮.

Know who you are.

Know what you believe.

But develop enough range to understand a country that does not experience itself in one language, one tribe, one economic class or one political history.

So tomorrow, let the Mulembe Nation embrace its son.

Let it give him confidence.

Let it give him organization.

Let it give him roots.

But from Monday morning, the assignment must become bigger.

Go to places where they don't already chant your name.

Listen to people who don't already agree with you.

Understand the fears of those who don't see Kenya as you do.

Learn the language of the farmer and the entrepreneur, the unemployed graduate and the factory worker, the matatu operator and the professional.

And never allow anyone to reduce a potentially national political argument into another entry in Kenya's ethnic spreadsheet.

Perhaps that is the real significance of tomorrow.

Not merely the coronation of a Luhya leader.

But the possible beginning of the much harder journey of building a Kenyan one.

𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙨.

𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙭.

𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣.

𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙥𝙩.

𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚.

𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙.

21/07/2026

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18/07/2026

08/07/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐧-𝐙 𝐆𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚.

Yes, we remember the Mau Mau.

We remember Saba Saba.

History rightly honours those moments because they expanded Kenya's idea of freedom.

But few of us can deny that what Kenya's Gen Z did in 2024 will one day be remembered among the defining acts of our generation.

They demanded accountability.

They rejected corruption.

They questioned power.

Yet, for me, one statement rose above all the others.

"𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬."

Four simple words.

Perhaps the most revolutionary political statement made in Kenya in decades.

Because it attacked the oldest software running our politics.

Not poverty.

Not corruption.

Not unemployment.

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦.

Some of those young people were intimidated.

Some were bought.

Some were silenced.

Some paid the ultimate price.

But ideas are stubborn things.

The voices may fade.

The idea does not.

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬.

A slogan, no matter how powerful, cannot govern a country. Eventually, every generation must answer a harder question:

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬?

That is why I have been watching a handful of younger leaders with growing interest.

Edwin Sifuna has often argued that Kenya doesn't need a software update.

It needs a completely new operating system.

I've thought about those words many times.

During the 2024 protests, Sifuna repeatedly placed himself between young protesters and armed police. Whether one agrees with his politics or not, he never paused to ask what tribe those young Kenyans belonged to.

In that moment, he wasn't defending Luos, Luhyas, Kikuyus or Kalenjins.

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬.

For nine years, he has served as Secretary General of a party whose influence stretches well beyond its traditional stronghold. The same can be said of leaders like Babu Owino and others, whose political appeal increasingly transcends ethnic identity.

That is why I find it intellectually lazy when I hear people conclude that Sifuna's engagement in Western Kenya automatically means he is building a "Luhya party."

Perhaps we are still trying to understand tomorrow's politics using yesterday's map.

In June of 2024, I told a close friend that Kenya would never be the same again.

I still believe that.

Not because of one politician.

Not because of one rally.

But because something fundamental shifted in the minds of young Kenyans.

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐚'𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.

For the first time in my lifetime, I can imagine the birth of a truly national political movement.

A movement rooted not in tribe, but in citizenship.

Not in regional arithmetic, but in national purpose.

A movement that asks:

How do we fix our schools?

How do we create jobs?

How do we make government accountable?

How do we restore dignity to public service?

Not...

How many positions belong to my community?

How many ministries belong to your region?

That would be a different Kenya.

The generation that marched in 2024 may not immediately inherit power.

History rarely works that way.

But they may already have changed the terms of the conversation.

And sometimes that is how nations are reborn.

To every young Kenyan who stood...

Who marched...

Who organized...

Who donated...

Who documented...

Who spoke...

Who took a vote...

Who refused to surrender hope...

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

Kenya belongs to all of us.

One people.

One republic.

One shared piece of rock.

May we finally learn to build it together.

07/07/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬?

Something interesting may be beginning to emerge.

Edwin Sifuna has announced meetings in Uasin Gishu and Bungoma. The Bungoma gathering is expected to bring together elders, clergy, teachers, professionals and opinion leaders from the Mulembe Nation.

Now imagine he stands before that audience and simply says:

"𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞."

At the same time, there are growing political signals that younger leaders such as Moses Kajwang', Otiende Amollo and Winnie Odinga are increasingly resonating within the Linda Mwananchi movement.

Then there is Ndindi Nyoro.

His declaration that he would rather ride his Land Cruiser than remain on the wheelbarrow sounded less like frustration and more like positioning. His growing proximity to Wamunyoro has only reinforced that perception.

Now connect the dots.

Imagine August or September.

A massive Linda Mwananchi rally in either Murang'a or Meru.

The headline isn't another gathering of familiar opposition faces.

Instead, the centre of gravity begins to shift.

Sifuna.

Nyoro.

Kajwang'.

Otiende.

Perhaps Winnie.

Perhaps Irungu Kang'ata.

Not necessarily as presidential candidates.

But as a generation forcing a different conversation.

If that happens, something even more interesting follows.

The conversation between George Natembeya, James Orengo and Rigathi Gachagua would no longer be about 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

It would become about 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

That means finding space for:

Kalonzo Musyoka.

Martha Karua.

Fred Matiang'i.

Eugene Wamalwa.

Justin Muturi.
..and others.

Not because they have become irrelevant.

But because the centre of political gravity may have quietly shifted.

For decades, younger politicians waited for endorsement from political elders.

What if, for the first time in Kenya's modern political history, the elders are the ones negotiating their place within a coalition whose direction has already been defined by younger leaders?

Imagine a Western-Central understanding.

Perhaps Eastern too.

Supported by reform-minded voices from Nyanza and the Coast.

Energized by an urban youth vote that increasingly appears to reward competence over pedigree.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲.

Will it happen?

Perhaps.

Perhaps not.

But politics has a habit of changing quietly before it changes publicly.

Most people watch politics by asking who will become king.

The better question is:

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀?

Because by the time the king moves, the chessboard has often already been won.

06/07/2026

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16/06/2026

For perhaps the first time in Kenya’s history, a sitting President openly admitted that the state has harmed its own citizens. He boldly declared that the right to protest is not a favor, but a constitutional guarantee.

It was a solemn, statesmanlike address.

But once the applause fades, the moral paradox begins.

His proposed solution?

To reach into your wallet to pay for the state’s failures.

The KSh 2 billion compensation fund will not come from rogue officers or commanders who issued unlawful orders. It will come from Kenyan taxpayers — including the very families whose loved ones were killed, injured, or traumatized.

The citizen pays three times:

1️⃣ First, through taxes that fund a security apparatus meant to protect them.

2️⃣ Second, through the irreplaceable cost of blood, death, and destroyed livelihoods.

3️⃣ Third, through more taxes to finance their own reparations.

A just society compensates victims and punishes perpetrators.

Otherwise, we merely socialize the cost of injustice and privatize impunity.

The public pays.

The perpetrators don’t.

Without criminal accountability for those who pulled the triggers, this is not restorative justice.

It is restorative accounting.

And you cannot heal a bleeding nation with a financial balance sheet.

03/03/2026

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02/03/2026

https://youtu.be/lZU2M0X4Wvk?si=FQCqxasccE54ZrlZ&sfnsn=mo

Kenya is feeling this one 🇰🇪🔥“SIFUNA NA BABU” is more than a song — it’s the sound of a generation rising. Gen Z is speaking. The energy is spreading. And...

16/02/2026

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