Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has formally left the United Democratic Alliance, UDA, and announced that he has joined the opposition ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Nyoro made the announcement on Monday at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, where he said he and his supporters had joined the People’s Party of Kenya.
The lawmaker said the decision followed nearly a year of consultations, introspection and engagements with several opposition figures.
He named former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, People’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua, former Cabinet Secretaries Peter Munya and Fred Matiang’i, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Siaya Governor James Orengo among those he consulted.
“I have been carrying a heavy burden. I have been thinking and praying that in whatever direction I take, politically speaking, the people of Kenya must be the great consideration that I have,” Nyoro said.
Nyoro explains his decision
Nyoro said his experience in government had given him an opportunity to assess Kenya’s performance across different sectors and identify areas requiring change after the 2027 election.
“I have had an opportunity to be at a place I am serving Kenya where I had a bird’s eye view of Kenya across all the sectors,” he said.
The MP also reflected on the difference between campaigning and governing.
“Through the lessons of campaigns and the lessons during governance, I have come to appreciate that it is easier to campaign than to govern,” Nyoro said.
He said he would begin political tours across the country, with Uasin Gishu, Kericho and Nandi among the counties he plans to visit.
Nyoro said the tours would allow him to engage voters on the performance of the government they elected in 2022.
Nyoro signals opposition alliances
Nyoro called on Kenyans to consider the People’s Party of Kenya alongside other opposition formations as they assess leaders ahead of the next election.
“Mkiangalia viongozi wale watapeleka Kenya mbele from next year, I also ask humbly the people of Kenya, muangalie pia People’s Party,” he said.
He said the party would work with like minded political formations where possible.
Nyoro also took aim at UDA, which he referred to as the “wheelbarrow party”.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I know you all know we left government a long time ago and dissociated with the wheelbarrow party, the UDA,” he said.
“Vile naona, hata wenye wheelbarrow wenyewe watatoka waiwache.”
Nyoro said he and his supporters had formally crossed into the opposition.
“Mimi kama Ndindi Nyoro na wafuasi wangu, kutoka leo, nimeingia chama inaitwa People’s Party of Kenya,” he said.
Nyoro was elected Kiharu MP on a UDA ticket in 2022 and later emerged as one of the prominent figures associated with the Kenya Kwanza administration.
