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The leaders also called for government intervention in the sugar sector, which has faced longstanding challenges.
They rejected the Crop Amendment Bill, describing it as retrogressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MPs further called for action to address the education funding crisis, saying it had affected many students, particularly those from low-income families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They also urged the government to coordinate voter registration and mobilisation campaigns, with MPs playing a leading role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On electricity, the caucus called on the Energy Cabinet Secretary to expand power coverage in areas that remain unserved and address persistent outages across Western Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waluke also dismissed political activities by one of Linda Mwananchi leaders and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, saying the Western Caucus had broad support because it represented constituencies across the region.
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Leaders from Western region have demanded the Deputy President’s position as a condition for supporting President William Ruto’s bid for a second and final term in the 2027 general election. The leaders, under the Western Caucus, said the region should be given the opportunity to nominate the person who will deputise President Ruto if he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n