{"id":5505,"date":"2026-08-25T21:53:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T21:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=5505"},"modified":"2026-08-25T21:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T21:55:25","slug":"bysifuna-fires-back-at-ruto-you-used-the-hustler-manifesto-in-2022-why-are-you-asking-about-our-watam-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=5505","title":{"rendered":"Sifuna Fires Back at Ruto: \u201cYou Used the Hustler Manifesto in 2022\u2014Why Are You Asking About Our WATAM Manifesto?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<pre><strong>By News Brief <\/strong><\/pre>\n<p>Sifuna Fires Back at Ruto: \u201cYou Used the Hustler Manifesto in 2022\u2014Why Are You Asking About Our WATAM Manifesto?\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1787692041816.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5506\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1787692041816-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1787692041816-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1787692041816-985x1024.jpg 985w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1787692041816-768x798.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1787692041816-1478x1536.jpg 1478w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1787692041816.jpg 1970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFormer ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna has hit back at President William Ruto over questions surrounding the opposition\u2019s manifesto, drawing a comparison between Ruto\u2019s 2022 Hustler campaign message and the opposition\u2019s emerging WATAM political narrative.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sifuna argued that Ruto should not demand an explanation of the opposition\u2019s manifesto when his own 2022 presidential campaign was built around the Hustler movement and its promises to Kenyan voters.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sifuna, just as Ruto went into the 2022 election selling the Hustler agenda, the opposition is now presenting the WATAM message as an alternative political platform ahead of the 2027 General Election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou used the Hustler manifesto in 2022. Why are you asking about our WATAM manifesto?\u201d Sifuna said.<br \/>\nHis remarks are likely to fuel an increasingly heated political debate as Kenya\u2019s political camps begin positioning themselves ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Sifuna maintained that the opposition should be allowed to develop and sell its own political agenda to Kenyans rather than being compelled to explain itself according to the government&#8217;s political framework.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange signals a potentially sharper battle between the Hustler and WATAM narratives, with both sides expected to use their respective messages to mobilise voters and define the political contest ahead of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By News Brief Sifuna Fires Back at Ruto: \u201cYou Used the Hustler Manifesto in 2022\u2014Why Are You Asking About Our WATAM Manifesto?\u201d Former ODM Secretary-General&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-arena","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5505"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5509,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505\/revisions\/5509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}