Busia County Senator Okiya Omtatah has expressed his confidence in winning the 2027 presidency by over 50 per cent.

Speaking on the night of Monday, May 26, 2025, during an interview with one of the local TV stations, Omtatah said that he is expecting around 70 per cent of the 2027 vote to unseat the incumbent President William Ruto.

The activist-cum-politician also pointed out that he is drawing his confidence from what he is doing on the ground.

He says he has a team of Gen Zs that has been going around the country doing civic education and spreading the message about his presidential bid, and that he will soon launch a Gen Z-led initiative dubbed Identity Yetu.

“Where things stand, it is very real, and I am looking at 70 per cent. My confidence comes from what I am doing on the ground. I have a team going around, and soon we are releasing something called Identity Yetu. This is by Gen Z to go and spread the message and do political education,” Omtatah said.

Omtatah on town halls

He further said that he has another team that has been doing town halls in various parts of the country and that the response has been good so far.

According to him, the people that he has been able to reach out to have agreed that the economy is the primary issue that must be addressed in the country.

“We have people who are doing town halls, and the response is positive, and people have agreed that the economy is the primary issue that we must address in the country today. So I have full confidence, and when push comes to shove, I will emerge victorious,” he said.

Bad leadership

He also absolved Kenyans of any blame for the country’s perennial problems of bad governance.

According to Omtatah, the leadership of the day is to blame for the country moving in the wrong direction.

The first-term lawmaker went ahead to say that for Kenya to advance both politically, economically and socially, Kenyans must be allowed to express themselves on the ballot, something he claimed is not happening at the moment.

“We have a very beautiful constitution; we have beautiful laws, but they mean nothing. And that’s why state capture comes in, and whims of powerful individuals are now the laws of the country. Political goodwill to implement the law is lacking,” he said.