Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, Mavoko MP Patrick Makau and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino at the Kakamega rally/HANDOUTThe Linda Mwananchi movement will take its nationwide civic engagement campaign to Homa Bay County on August 16 as part of its ongoing movement tour.
The event will be held on Sunday, August 16, bringing together residents of Homa Bay for the latest stop of the tour.
The campaign, branded Linda Mwananchi Tour, has been traversing different parts of the country, with organisers mobilising Wananchi to participate in its activities.
The Linda Mwananchi movement encouraged supporters to follow updates through the movement's social media platforms.
The Homa Bay meeting comes as political and civic groups continue holding public engagements across the country ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Last week, two counties in the Western region hosted the Linda Mwananchi movement on July 25 and July 26, as Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna led a delegation of opposition leaders for a series of public engagements across the county.
The tour brought together opposition leaders and residents for discussions on governance, the economy and the rising cost of living as political activity gathers pace ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya welcomed the delegation on arrival in Trans Nzoia, with the leaders expected to address residents at various public forums during their Western Kenya tour.
The movement has in recent weeks intensified efforts to mobilise funds directly from members of the public through its paybill number, with supporters encouraged to contribute whatever amount they can afford.
The initiative is part of Linda Mwananchi’s broader effort to build a grassroots political movement while relying on small contributions from ordinary Kenyans to finance its mobilisation activities.
A key political figure associated with the movement, Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, has also sought to assure supporters that the money being raised will be properly accounted for.
Speaking during a media interview, Sifuna said Kenyans of goodwill continued to contribute through the movement’s paybill number.
He defended the fundraising model, contending that public contributions are an important feature of mature democracies where citizens can directly support political leaders and movements they believe in.
“In mature democracies, it is the public that finances leaders to be able to run for office,” he said.
The movement, which was launched earlier this year, has increasingly turned to grassroots fundraising as it builds its presence and mobilises supporters across the country.
The paybill initiative was unveiled last month as part of efforts to encourage voluntary contributions from Kenyans, with supporters able to donate amounts as little as Sh10.
The latest Sh3 million collection represents one of the largest single-day hauls highlighted by the movement in its ongoing fundraising campaign and demonstrates the potential of its small-donation strategy to generate substantial sums when contributions are pooled from a large number of supporters.
