The National Assembly has distanced itself from a letter circulating online purporting to originate from the Office of the Clerk, calling for the vetting of Kenya African National Union (KANU) Chairman Gideon Moi and the Orange Democratic Movement ( ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna to the cabinet.

The letter, dated Thursday, October 30, 2025, and addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Abdi Ahmed Mohamud, has been branded fake by parliamentary authorities.

The falsified document claimed that the National Assembly had submitted names of four individuals for vetting ahead of potential cabinet appointments. The list included John Muhia Methu, Edwin Watoya Sifuna, Naisula Josephine Lesuuda, and Kipsielei Towett Moi.

According to the forged letter, both Sifuna and Gideon Moi were to be vetted by the EACC to ensure compliance with ethical and legal standards before confirmation. It even carried a forged signature of Samuel Njoroge, the Clerk of the National Assembly, alongside a counterfeit parliamentary seal and reference details.

“This Document is not from the National Assembly / Parliament of Kenya. It is 𝐅𝐀𝐊𝐄. Kindly disregard it,” Parliament of Kenya insisted.

The fake letter also started making rounds following claims that President William Ruto was considering reshuffling his cabinet after extending an olive branch to former Baringo senator Gideon Moi.

Ruto-Gideon Moi reunion

Meanwhile, this incident unfolded at the moment when Gideon Moi’s KANU party had joined forces with President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party in the broad-based government. While shedding light on what made him reach out to Gideon Moi, President William Ruto described the move as a gesture of unity and reconciliation aimed at taking Kenya to the next level.

Speaking at Kabarak in Nakuru County during a visit to Gideon Moi earlier in October, the president said the country’s progress depends on leaders working together beyond their past political differences.

“I was the person who was very close to Daniel Moi during his final years in his career. I am among the last borns of Arap Moi’s political life,” Ruto said, recalling his long association with the late former president.

Ruto added that working with Gideon Moi is purely to take Kenya forward.

”I have had a conversation with many leaders, I have had a conversation even with Raila Odinga and even former president Uhuru Kenyatta and told them that we must lift this country to the next level. I have looked for my brother Gideon and told him it is time for us to move Kenya to the next level,” he said.

On the other hand, after days of maintaining a hard stance against the working pact between UDA and ODM, Senator Edwin Sifuna has softened his heart, maintaining that the current working formula between the two parties will remain intact in the broad-based government ahead of the 2027 general election.