The United Opposition has a herculean task to match President William Ruto’s campaign war chest ahead of the 2027 General Election. Other than the ability to raise funds, Ruto enjoys state resources as most of his tours are framed as ‘development tours’, where state machinery is deployed to his advantage. Key figures inside the opposition team acknowledge their struggles to mobilise resources to counter Ruto’s machinery, which they say include the proposed doubling of State House budget to Sh17 billion. For instance, the Linda Mwananchi team is not holding as many campaign programmes to counter their Linda Gound rivals, who appear to be well oiled. “They [Linda Ground] have a lot of state resources unlike our team,” Kitutu Chache South MP Kibagendi said.

Source: The Star March 22, 2026 18:47 UTC