The Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) has announced that it will not join the Ukombozi Alliance (TUA).Speaking during a public engagement on Wednesday, September 23, DCP Deputy Party Leader Cleophas Malala said the party would first pursue a separate coalition arrangement before engaging TUA parties on a bigger opposition coalition.Malala said DCP would initially work with the Linda Mwananchi Movement and agree on a coalition arrangement.He added that DCP and a faction led by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna would later negotiate with parties in the Ukombozi Alliance to establish a wider political coalition. "We as DCP cannot join the Ukombozi Alliance. They should join together as TUA, while we in the DCP will join Sifuna. Then we will negotiate together for one coalition," Malala stated."We will sit down after they have come together as TUA. Then they will come and sit with us for an agreement," he added.The announcement comes two days after the Ukombozi Alliance rebranded, dropping its former name, Azimio La Umoja.According to the coalition leader, Kalonzo Musyoka, the rebranding followed talks by the wider opposition, announcing that the vehicle would include new partners, including the Linda Mwananchi Movement and DCP.However, the remarks place DCP and Linda Mwananchi outside the current Ukombozi Alliance structure, with the parties seeking to negotiate later for a wider united opposition.While the Sifuna-led movement has not confirmed the DCP plans, the movement has on several occasions revealed that it will go to the 2027 election as a joint coalition with other opposition figures.The development comes as campaigns and political realignments intensify ahead of the 2027 General Elections.Opposition figures have maintained that they will field a single presidential candidate to challenge President William Ruto, maintaining that it is only a joint ticket that can assure them a win in the first round.
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