Wandayi: Nyanza region is solidly behind President Ruto
By Mabonga Makhanu, December 22, 2025Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has assured President William Ruto that the entire Nyanza region is solidly behind him.
Speaking in Baringo during the annual Kimalel Goat Auction on Monday, December 22, 2025, Wandayi stated that the Nyanza region is ready to back President Ruto for a second term.
Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has assured President William Ruto that the entire Nyanza region is solidly behind him.
Speaking in Baringo during the According to him, residents have witnessed numerous development projects implemented by the government in the region and would like the president to continue beyond 2027.
He further noted that Nyanza, a region that has traditionally been in the opposition, has now embraced President Ruto’s leadership. Wandayi said the shift is driven by the people on the ground, adding that local leaders are simply following the will of the residents.
“Sisi penye tunatoka kule Siaya, na Nyanza kwa ujumula, wananchi washaamua tayari; in fact, wananchi ndio wametangulia, viongozi ndio wanafwata,” Wandayi stated.
These come days after telling leaders in the Nyanza region that, as it currently stands, no leader from the region can marshal a campaign machinery that can defeat President William Ruto in the 2027 polls.
“There is nobody who can marshal a campaign against Ruto in Nyanza now and win.”
“We must establish the objective interest of the Luo. Why have we, for many years, been in opposition? What were we fighting for? Let’s rethink,” he said.
ODM division
This also comes at a time when the ODM party seems to be divided on whether to support President William Ruto in 2027 or not. At the annual Kimalel Goat Auction on Monday, December 22, 2025, Wandayi stated that the Nyanza region is ready to back President Ruto for a second term.
Vihiga senator Godfrey Osotsi recently told the president that ODM’s strongholds in Nyanza, Coast, and Western are not transferable and one must earn them, telling him that should he want to win the loyalty of late prime minister Raila Odinga’s traditional strongholds, he should first begin by delivering on his mandate as the head of state, and that is how he would slowly win them.
“In Nyanza in western and coastal Kenya, it is not transferable; it is earned. You must earn it by doing the right thing to the people of Kenya,” he said.