NDIC: Politicians finance nine in 10 organised criminal gangs
The National Development Implementation Committee in Kenya has reported that politicians are financing 90% of organized criminal gangs to influence the 2027 elections. The committee is calling for security agencies to target the financiers and logistical networks behind these groups to ensure electoral stability.
Why it matters
This highlights a significant threat to democratic processes and electoral integrity in Kenya, suggesting a systemic issue of political violence.
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi chairs the 2nd National Development Implementation Committee (NDIC) meeting of 2026 at the Kenya School of Government (KSG) on October 12, 2026/ HANDOUT
Politicians are allegedly using organised criminal gangs to intimidate opponents, disrupt rallies and influence voters ahead of the 2027 General Election, according to the National Development Implementation Committee (NDIC).
In a dispatch issued after its second meeting of 2026, chaired by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi at the Kenya School of Government, the committee warned that the groups had evolved from street gangs into organised networks posing a threat to electoral security.
The committee said politicians were responsible for mobilising, financing and deploying roughly nine in 10 organised criminal gangs, citing findings by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission on the extent of political involvement in criminal activity.
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