Opposition Leaders Allege Assassination Plot and Expose Toxic Sugar Scandal

By Andrew Mbuva 

Kenya’s opposition leaders have issued a scathing statement accusing President William Ruto’s government of state-sponsored violence, targeted assassination attempts, and endangering public health through the clearance of toxic sugar imports.

Speaking from Liberation House in Nairobi, Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, PLP’s Martha Karua, and Eugene Wamalwa of DAPK revealed what they termed an “attempted assassination” of Senator Methu and former MP Victor Munyaka during a United Opposition event in Murang’a.

According to the leaders, the attack involved live bullets allegedly aimed at specific individuals and vehicles.

“The evidence is clear in the bullet holes. This was not random. It was targeted,” Karua said, adding that they had submitted footage and documentation to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) for urgent investigation. 

The opposition demanded accountability from the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, and Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen, saying the chain of command leads directly to Harambee House.

In a separate but equally disturbing revelation, the leaders claimed that a consignment of 25,000 metric tonnes of sugar—declared unfit for human consumption at its port of origin—had been cleared by Kenyan authorities and was being transported to a Western Kenya sugar factory for repackaging.

“This sugar is poison. Yet the Ruto regime cleared it for our people. What kind of leadership does this to its own citizens?” Musyoka posed.

The leaders demanded immediate condemnation and destruction of the toxic cargo, warning that failure to do so would further highlight the regime’s disregard for public welfare.

The opposition wore black armbands in honour of Kenyans allegedly killed by police, vowing to resist what they termed a regime “fuelled by propaganda, violence, and decay.”

They also called for the restoration of education funding, an audit of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), and an end to the “criminal securitisation” of future taxes.

“This is no longer politics,” said Wamalwa. “It is a fight for the soul of our nation.”