Embakasi East MP Babu Owino claims Kiharu legislator Ndindi Nyoro is in talks to align himself with Kenya Moja; the loose coalition of young, outspoken politicians calling itself the “Third Force.”
Speaking on Citizen TV on Monday alongside Saboti MP Caleb Amisi, Owino revealed he has been speaking to Ndindi Nyoro. And he will soon be part of the movement.
The Third Force emerged during the anti-government protests of June and July 2025. Its self-styled co-founders draw from both the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) but share frustration with what they describe as “political godfathers” who, they say, have failed younger Kenyans.
Amisi framed the bloc as a generational contest. “This is a struggle of change between the old and the new,” he proclaimed, adding that several members have received threats from their parties since they began crafting independent agendas.
“Some of us have been subjected to threats. But we’re not scared. We’ve been forced to develop a thick skin.”
Babu however rejected talk that the initiative amounts to rebellion within ODM, the party led by Raila Odinga. “We are not rebelling in ODM. We are working within the principles of democracy, and the D in ODM stands for Democracy,” he said.
Nyoro has not commented publicly on the alliance, but calls for him to declare his stand have been growing louder.
It remains unclear whether he intends to resign from UDA, where his influence has waned sharply in recent months.
Formerly a close ally of President Ruto, Nyoro was removed in July from the influential chairmanship of Parliament’s Budget and Appropriations Committee, a post that had placed him at the centre of fiscal negotiations.
Other politicians rumoured to be flirting with the Third Force include Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba and ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna, who have been spotted together at several public events.
Amisi said the group is open to formally registering a political party “if the climate calls for it” but maintains that, for now, it remains a movement focused on galvanising citizens rather than stitching up party machinery.
