Edwin Sifuna during a Linda Mwananchi rally at Navakholo in Kakamega County on August 9, 2026. /EDWIN SIFUNA/XSaboti MP Caleb Amisi has rebuked leaders who used a Linda Mwananchi rally in Homa Bay to endorse other political leaders, saying the movement was not formed to advance the presidential ambitions of politicians other than Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna.
Amisi said he was “extremely perplexed” by the move to endorse other leaders at a rally held in Sifuna’s presence, arguing that it went against the original idea behind the movement.
“I am extremely perplexed by leaders using the Sifuna rally in Homa Bay to endorse other leaders not part of the movement in front of Sifuna. This is not the idea why I started the movement,” Amisi said.
He specifically rejected the use of Linda Mwananchi to endorse Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, while making clear that his objection was to using the movement's platform to promote another presidential candidate.
“LM was not started to endorse Kalonzo. Kalonzo can, however, support Sifuna for presidency. This I will fight for till the end,” he said.
Amisi said Linda Mwananchi was built around an idea of generational political change rather than an individual, with Sifuna positioned as the person carrying that agenda.
“Sisi ni Sifuna was an idea not even about Sifuna as a person; and Edwin Watenya Sifuna is the flagbearer of the idea. Period! Nobody else can fit in that idea unless you start another movement,” he said.
In a post on X, Amisi accused leaders he did not name of engaging in political manoeuvring at the expense of the movement's original objective.
“Let's stop the political conmanship around our generational fight for change. You did not understand the assignment. Bure kabisa!”
The Saboti MP has previously argued that Linda Mwananchi should retain its independence and that Sifuna should be the opposition's presidential candidate.
In May, he said the movement was formed to give young Kenyans hope and was not intended to promote Kalonzo, former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua or any other opposition candidate.
His latest remarks come amid continuing disagreements over the direction of Linda Mwananchi and the alliances it should pursue ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Amisi has previously criticised efforts to link the movement with the United Opposition, arguing that doing so would undermine its original agenda.
In a previous phone interview with the Star in June, Amisi took credit for starting Linda Mwananchi, describing it as “his baby” and accusing some seasoned politicians he did not name of attempting to hijack it.
“The only problem is, these old guys have invaded Linda Mwananchi, and they are trying to divert the course. The course was that there is a generation that is fed up with legacy politicians," he said.
"You cannot be replacing one legacy politician with another one and calling it change,” he told the Star on June 14.
Amisi has repeatedly said the Linda Mwananchi movement should resist efforts to be absorbed into the United Opposition coalition.
Sifuna, meanwhile, has maintained that Linda Mwananchi is a democratic movement in which differing views should be accommodated.
The Nairobi senator has positioned himself as a presidential contender but also expressed willingness to work with a united opposition to mount a formidable challenge against President William Ruto in the 2027 General Election.
Kalonzo has declared his intention to run for president in 2027 and has sought to consolidate opposition forces around his candidacy.
The competing positions expose a growing fault line within the opposition over whether the emerging alliances should rally behind an established political figure or create space for a new generation of leaders.
