Boniface Mwangi vs Edwin Sifuna

Free public services imply a bigger state role. He has not set out a policy on ownership or markets. (low confidence)

Campaigns on free education, health care and water, plus recovery of stolen public money. (medium confidence)

Pledges to cut the tax burden on ordinary Kenyans within 100 days, through a supplementary budget, and to cut State House spending. Linda Mwananchi backs a national minimum wage. (medium confidence)

Has used the Senate seat and party platform to challenge party and government positions (interpretation). (low confidence)

An activist outside party politics who says he will campaign door to door and refuse alliances with ethnic power brokers. (medium confidence)

Removed from ODM's secretary-general post twice, upheld by the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal, and now heads a rival movement. (medium confidence)

Years documenting police killings and leading protests. Detained in Tanzania in May 2025, where Amnesty International reports he was tortured. Charged in Kenya in July 2025 with possessing a blank round after terrorism accusations were dropped. He pleaded not guilty. (high confidence)

Says restoring democratic space comes first: 'You cannot have someone tweeting and getting killed' (July 2026). Publicly sided with protesters. (medium confidence)