DCP Deputy Party Leader, Sen. Cleophas Malala has left Musalia Mudavadi, President William Ruto, and the entire government machinery in utter disarray after outsmarting their grand scheme in the Malava by-election.
What was meant to be a show of government dominance has exploded into a political farce, leaving those at the helm drenched in embarrassment and eggs on their faces.
For weeks, the Ruto–Mudavadi axis had been plotting to cripple the United opposition in Malava.
Their plan was simple yet sinister; buy off, silence, or lock out strong opposition candidates to guarantee a smooth, uncontested path for their UDA man.
Reliable Insiders, intimated that the government planned to disqualify and or lock out Seth Panyako, the strongest and most formidable candidate in the race, viewing him as the biggest threat to their preferred choice.
Cleophas Malala, ironically both the scriptwriter and the actor, has been sustaining relentless attacks painting him as a spoiler cleverly hoodwinked the government into believing that the opposition was fatally divided.
The trap worked perfectly. While State operatives were busy celebrating a fractured opposition, Malalah has been laying the grounds for a political ambush.
Latest opinion polls painted a very different picture on the ground: Seth Panyako led with 31%, closely followed by Ndakwa at 29%, while Edgah polled at 18%, buoyed by support from a vote-rich Basonje clan.
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Malalah’s latest move assures the united opposition an over 50% landslide win margin exposing how fragile the government’s supposed dominance truly was.
Armed with wit, strategy, patience, and political audacity, the Deputy Party Leader flipped the entire script In a move few anticipated repositioning DCP Party as a safe haven of the United Opposition.
What was initially seen as a political gamble quickly turned into a moment of genius — a well-executed checkmate that has left the government camp in chaos.
Malala’s chess move more than just saves the opposition from being bought out but has also exposed the government’s rot for all to see.
He painted the Ruto–Mudavadi operation for what it truly was: a desperate attempt to buy legitimacy in a region that refuses to be bought.
His counter-offensive not only outwitted State House but rekindled Luhya unity, turning Malava into the epicenter of a rebellion that has the entire Western Kenya bloc watching closely.
Now, the so-called government strategists are running in circles, their carefully choreographed script shredded beyond repair.
What was meant to be a coronation has turned into a humiliation.
The ruling camp, once confident of an easy win, now faces a united and furious electorate.
Mudavadi, once the self-declared spokesman of the Mulembe nation, has been stripped bare — his influence exposed as hollow and his loyalty to the people questioned.
Malala has not only outplayed Mudavadi but also punctured Ruto’s strategy of buying silence with money.
His defiance has given the opposition a new rallying cry: Western Kenya is not for sale and One Term remains a reality.
The Malava by-election, once dismissed as a routine affair, has now transformed into a referendum on state arrogance vs civil defiance.
The hunters have become the hunted — and from the look of things, the government’s Malava misadventure will go down as one of the most spectacular own goals in Kenya’s political history.
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