MP Kaluma projects over 60% Luo support for Ruto in 2027
Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has projected that over 60% of the Luo community will support President William Ruto's re-election in 2027. He attributes this shift to development projects and key government appointments delivered by the Kenya Kwanza administration in Luo Nyanza counties.
Why it matters
It signals a potential shifting political alignment in Kenya, where a traditionally opposition-leaning ethnic block is being courted through infrastructure development and high-level state appointments.
Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma speaks during a funeral in Chiga village in the constituency/Robert Omollo
Many members of the Luo community will support the re-election of President William Ruto, Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has said.
Kaluma argued that they had made the decision following development projects that the Kenya Kwanza administration has initiated and completed in the four counties occupied by members of the community.
The counties are Homa Bay, Kisumu, Siaya and Migori.
He said it is during President Ruto’s regime that the counties have witnessed the most infrastructural development and community members have secured government employment without open discrimination.
President Ruto has appointed some members of the community to dockets many Kenyans consider sensitive, including the National Treasury and Attorney General positions.
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