Likoni MP Mishi Mboko speaking during the issuance of title deeds to residents of Kibaoni in Lunga Lunga constituency in Kwale county, September 28, 2026. /SCREENGRAB
Likoni MP Mishi Mboko has assured President William Ruto that he does not need to campaign at the Coast, claiming the region is firmly behind him ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Speaking during the issuance of 94,175 title deeds to residents of Kibaoni in Lunga Lunga constituency, Kwale county, Mboko recounted the struggles coastal residents had endured for decades over land ownership due to a lack of title documents.
“As I stand here, your Excellency President, I feel like crying. Members of the Duruma, Digo, pastoralists and Kamba communities are holding over 26,000 title deeds in Lunga Lunga alone. Cumulatively in Kwale ccounty, it is more than 50,000 title deeds,” she said.
The ODM MP said previous administrations had failed to address longstanding land injustices at the Coast, subjecting residents to pain and uncertainty over ownership of land they had occupied for generations.
“We would wake up one morning to evacuation orders, being told to vacate land we have occupied since our forefathers. Titles were being organised in Nairobi back then and our people did not even have transport money to travel to Nairobi,” she said.
Mboko said the President’s visit and issuance of title deeds had restored the dignity of coastal residents and protected them against unfair treatment over land ownership.
She prayed for divine protection for Ruto, asking God to shield him from harm and what she described as the evil eye of his adversaries.
Mboko said the Coast’s vote was “locked and sealed” for Ruto because of what she described as his development record in the region, citing projects including the Shimoni Port in Kwale and the Dongo Kundu Port.
“The President is a worker and he does not discriminate. What else do we want as Kenyans? Ruto’s Tutam, let him not campaign. Coast is his to lay and sleep,” Mboko said, using a local idiom to emphasise her support for the President.
“Traverse other regions, come to the Coast only to bring us goodies like you have done because we, your ODM lieutenants in the broad-based government, this time round are together with you,” she added.
Ruto was on Monday on the third day of an eight-day development tour of the six coastal counties of Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River, Lamu and Taita Taveta.
On Monday, he presided over the groundbreaking of the Maungu-Kasighau Road in Voi and inspected a market in Maungu, both in Taita Taveta County.
Ruto is facing opposition competition ahead of the 2027 General Election, with opposition leaders pushing for a united front and a single candidate to challenge him at the polls.
