{"id":2658,"date":"2026-02-17T07:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/?p=2658"},"modified":"2026-02-17T07:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:01:01","slug":"uda-wanabiashara-caucus-declares-dp-seat-non-negotiable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/uda-wanabiashara-caucus-declares-dp-seat-non-negotiable\/","title":{"rendered":"UDA WANABIASHARA CAUCUS DECLARES DP SEAT NON-NEGOTIABLE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000670623-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000670623-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000670623-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000670623-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000670623-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000670623-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1000670623.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Chairman of the UDA Wanabiashara Caucus, <strong>Francis Mbogo<\/strong>, has firmly stated that the Deputy President\u2019s seat is not up for political bargaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing the press alongside members of Warembo na Fire, Mr. Mbogo dismissed ongoing political maneuvers by the <strong>Orange Democratic Movement<\/strong> (ODM) and its affiliate parties, asserting that their push will not alter the current political reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Deputy President\u2019s position remains firmly held and is not available for negotiation,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Mbogo reaffirmed that the incumbent Deputy President, <strong>Kithure Kindiki<\/strong>, is the bona fide holder of the office and continues to enjoy strong support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He emphasized that the UDA Wanabiashara Caucus, Warembo na Fire and like-minded stakeholders remain united and focused on safeguarding stability, enterprise growth and national development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe focus must remain on service delivery, empowering businesses and strengthening the economy \u2014 not premature political distractions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The caucus maintained that it will continue mobilizing its members countrywide to protect its political interests while championing unity and economic transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Chairman of the UDA Wanabiashara Caucus, Francis Mbogo, has firmly stated that the Deputy President\u2019s seat is not up for political bargaining. Addressing the press alongside members of Warembo na Fire, Mr. Mbogo dismissed ongoing political maneuvers by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and its affiliate parties, asserting that their push will not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2660,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658\/revisions\/2660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}