Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has urged Kenyans to protect the nation's democracy, peace and constitutional order.
He also urged them to guard, respect and protect the electoral process for the country to remain united after next August's polls.
Mudavadi urged all players in the 2027 presidential race to rally the country towards having peaceful, democratic, free and fair elections.
“We need to respect all our institutions including the IEBC, especially as we approach the next general election. When we protect our institutions, we strengthen our democracy, adhere to the rule of law and unite the country,” he said.
Mudavadi said leaders allied to the broad-based coalition are working to encourage their supporters to remain peaceful before, during and after the elections for President William Ruto’s victory to be firm and decisive.
“President Ruto’s victory should be respected. This is what we are working on because we want a petition-free victory to move Kenya forward as a united nation and one people,” he said.
Mudavadi emphasised the electoral commission must work independently and professionally without outside pressure or interference.
He spoke during the 10th memorial service for William ole Ntimama in Motonyi, Narok county, on Saturday.
Mudavadi used the occasion to launch Ntimama’s autobiography, which he described as progressive.
It describes Ntimama’s journey from his early years, through his time as a teacher shaping young minds, into his years as a government administrator, then as a farmer rooted in his community, and finally into the more than two decades he spent as MP and Cabinet minister under presidents Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki.
Mudavadi challenged the Maa community to use next year's vote to negotiate its future, saying they should not be taken for granted.
He said the greatest tribute to the veteran politician was to sustain his struggle for dignity, recognition and political respect.
Mudavadi said Ntimama’s political legacy should inspire the Maa community to participate actively in national politics and demand clear commitments from politicians seeking its support ahead of the elections.
He cautioned the community against treating its vote as a commodity to be purchased during election campaigns, urging voters to demand development programmes and tangible commitments from political leaders.
“The Maa vote must be respected — not hunted,” Mudavadi said, urging residents to ask politicians seeking their support what they planned to do for Narok.
Mudavadi said Kenya’s political future should not be defined by a contest between permanent winners and losers, but by a national compact in which every community enjoys dignity, opportunity, security of its resources and a meaningful political voice.
He said the challenge facing the Maa community, as it enters a new political generation, was therefore to transform the legacy of Ntimama into practical economic and political empowerment.
Mudavadi said Ntimama was an unapologetic advocate for Maasai land rights and the recognition of minority and pastoralist communities in national affairs.
“He wanted his community to stand at the table as equals, not to be spoken about, but to speak,” Mudavadi said.
On land ownership and wealth creation, Mudavadi challenged the Maa community to move the debate on land beyond ownership and protection to wealth creation and economic empowerment.
“Africa and Kenya in particular should now shift focus on serious engagements within the value chain architecture with the rest of the world. Where do we stand in the value chain framework; are we holding more on the chain or the value?” he posed.
“He was not always a comfortable voice. He said hard things and said them loudly. But history has been kinder to his intentions than some of his critics were in the moment,” he added.
