By Hassan Wekesa - Editor
Kenya, 12 September 2026 - Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Secretary General of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Hassan Omar over his remarks allegedly stating that President William Ruto's allies will use fingerprints of the deceased voters to tilt presidential election results in the 2027 General Election to the incumbent's favour.
Sifuna, who leads the Linda Mwananchi faction that is in process of launching a new political party after fallout with the current leadership of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), now wants the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to summon Senator Omar to clarify his statements.
"I heard the UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar yesterday (Friday) saying that they will take votes of people who have rested for good like Mama Alina so that the deceased can go to vote and top up tally for William Ruto," Sifuna said.
He was speaking during the burial of the mother of senator Consolata Wakwabubi, the late Mama Alina Namalwa Wakwabubi at Lurende village, Khachonge, Kabuchai Constituency in Bungoma County.
"We want IEBC...because you are the ones who set election rules, that UDA Secretary General be told to appear before the Commission because he is eroding public confidence of our electoral system," he added.
Sifuna, whose entry to presidential race has taken many by surprise considering the massive support he is enjoying, said that the opposition leaders and the Linda Mwananchi brigade in particular, have traversed the whole country and gauged that the people of Kenya have decided that Ruto should go home.
He added that it is mannerless for leaders to claim that they will tamper with the people's voices at the ballot.
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"We in the opposition are going to come up with a team that you voters are going to be happy with, the one that at 6am on August 10, 2027, will take Ruto home," he stated.
Omar's remarks have shocked the nation. Speaking during a political engagement in Mombasa on Friday, Omar suggested that the fingerprints of people who had recently died should be taken before burial and used to cast votes in their names.
“Two-term William Ruto, on election day, we too will be in a do-or-die battle. Even if someone has died, we should take their finger before we bury them, put it into the biometric voter registration, BVR and cast a vote. Even someone who has died today,” Omar stated.
Now his utterances have stirred controversy. This is not the first time he has come under attack. During Eid al Adha celebrations on 27 May 2026, Omar claimed President Ruto’s decision to spread development projects across the country had angered some leaders who believe regions that overwhelmingly voted for the President deserve preferential treatment.
He uttered those remarks at Tononoka Grounds in Mombasa County, where he said the Kenya Kwanza administration had deliberately shifted development to regions that were historically marginalised and politically sidelined.