Former Kitui County Senator David Musila has dropped his 2027 bid to vie for the governor seat and announced his decision to retire from active elective politics.

Musila, popularly known in the Ukambani region as “Bwana Meko”, publicly announced his exit from active elective politics on Saturday, December 27, 2025, after 29 years in politics.

In his declaration, Musila said that he consulted with his family on his decision to step aside, adding that they agreed with his decision.

“I want to retire from politics, and I have had a conversation with my family over the same, and they have agreed with my decision to exit from active elective politics,” Musila said in his speech.

However, the first Kitui Senator also noted that he will lead the people of Ukambani to President William Ruto so as to ensure the larger region benefits from his government.

Notably, he distanced himself from the one-term movement, noting that the one-term politics will not bring any developments to the region.

“We are leading our people to President Ruto; we are not in the one-term movement. You will henceforth hear me championing for two terms; we want developments,” Musila added.

Further, Musila dismissed the former Vice President and Wiper Patriotic Front Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka’s claim that he was the one who launched the Kitui-Kibwezi road.

The former senator narrated how he brought together the Members of Parliament, that is, Mwingi West MP Benard Kitungi, Kitui Central MP Makali Mulu, Kitui Rural MP Charles Nyamai and Kitui South MP Rachel Kaki Nyamai, to fight for the same road.

He said that they pleaded with the then government to tarmac the road, but their pleas fell on deaf ears, prompting them to decide to use protests for the government to act.

However, he noted that during their peaceful demonstrations that kicked off from Kibwezi, the police used teargas to disperse them.

Musila stated that that did not stop their mission; instead, he vowed and publicly announced that they will not retreat from pushing for the tarmacking of the road even if it will cost their lives.

Additionally, he said in two weeks’ time after the protests, the then President Uhuru Kenyatta called him to the State House, and after a conversation, he ordered the minister of roads to commence the work on the road in three months’ time.

“After the three months we met with President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto in Kibwezi, and he launched the road,” Musila said.

Musila has also revealed that the day the road was being launched, Kalonzo warned him of attending the launch, but he and MP Kaki attended anyway.

“I was surprised to see him (Kalonzo) on TV saying that he is the one who launched the Kibwezi-Kitui road,” Musila said.

Musila has been in active elective politics since 1996.