Roots Party leader George Wajackoyah has come out to throw cold water on Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi’s continued calls for a referendum and a constitutional change process, saying that he lacks the authority to initiate such a process.

While speaking to K24 TV on Tuesday, January 13, 2025, the former presidential aspirant stated that even Mudavadi’s current Prime Cabinet Secretary position is not anchored in the Constitution and is therefore unlawful.

He further stated that Mudavadi should not speak on such matters, especially on an issue as critical as constitutional change. Without mincing his words, Wajackoya said that the Foreign Affairs minister, despite his ministerial position, is not anybody when it comes to matters involving constitutional change.

“Mudavadi has no authority to speak. He has no legitimacy to speak in the first place. Who is he to speak?” Wajackoya stated.

He went on to state that if a referendum were to take place, then in his opinion it should focus on shifting Kenya’s capital from Nairobi City, where it is currently domiciled, to Isiolo because of its proximity to Kenya’s economic corridors, such as Ethiopia and Somalia.

“My opinion is that if a referendum were to take place, then it should focus on shifting the Kenyan capital from Nairobi to Isiolo, because of its proximity to the corridors of economic development.”

Mudavadi’s recent calls for a referendum have caused jitters in political circles. Siaya Governor James Orengo, who was among the legal minds during the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) court case, came out to oppose such a move, saying that any constitutional amendments should emanate from the people and not from government officials.

Mudavadi’s referendum call

This comes days after Musalia Mudavadi came out to push for a referendum to be held alongside the 2027 general elections.

While speaking during an interview with a local TV station on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, Mudavadi said the referendum should be introduced as the seventh question during the 2027 polls.

 According to him, since Kenyans will already be going to the ballot to elect the six elective positions, a seventh question should be placed on a separate ballot, just like the six elective slots, to allow citizens to vote on key constitutional issues that have bedevilled the country for a long time.

“But we have an opportunity to correct some things, in my view, and this perhaps is the better time where we can introduce some referendum issues to this election,” Mudavadi said.