Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has unveiled a new leadership team, appointing Jamleck Kamau as party chairman, Nyali Member of Parliament (MP) Mohamed Ali as deputy party leader, and constitutional lawyer Ndegwa Njiru as the party's first spokesperson.
The changes, announced on Friday, August 7, form part of a wider restructuring aimed at strengthening the party as it prepares for the 2027 General Election.
Speaking during a press briefing in Nairobi, Kalonzo said former Nairobi Metropolitan minister and ex-MP Jamleck Kamau was the best fit to chair the party because of his extensive political experience.
He said Kamau's long record of building alliances and managing political organisations would help guide the party during a critical period.
"Jamleck has spent 30 years building coalitions, balancing budgets and holding political formations together under pressure. That is precisely the discipline Wiper needs," Kalonzo said.
Kalonzo also named Nyali MP Mohamed Ali as the party's deputy leader, commending his work both in journalism and politics.
He recalled that before entering elective politics, Ali served as Chief Investigations Editor at Jicho Pevu, where he gained national prominence for exposing major corruption scandals through undercover investigations.
"Mohamed Ali becomes our deputy party leader. Long before he sat in Parliament, he was the Chief Investigations Editor of Jicho Pevu. That instinct to expose rather than conceal has not left him to this day," Kalonzo stated.
In addition, the Wiper leader announced the creation of the party spokesperson position, with constitutional lawyer Ndegwa Njiru taking up the new role.
Kalonzo described Njiru as an experienced advocate who has consistently championed constitutionalism and the rule of law throughout his legal career.
The opposition leader also took issue with IEBC Chairperson Erastus Ethekon over comments that the electoral commission may be unable to conduct the 2027 General Election under the prevailing political climate, maintaining that the Constitution sets a fixed election date.
"IEBC Chairperson Erastus Ethekon has told Kenyans that the commission cannot hold elections in the current environment. I ask Ethekon, what does the law say? The Constitution fixed the date of the 2027 General Election," Kalonzo noted.
"Nowhere does the law give the chairperson the right to threaten the entire nation with a postponement. If he cannot enforce the law as it is written, he should step aside for someone else," he added.
