Edwin Watenya Sifuna (born 22 May 1982) is a Kenyan politician and the current Senator of Nairobi County after being elected in the 2022 Kenyan general election.Citizen Digital, 14 Aug 2022 Edwin Sifuna Floors Bishop Wanjiru To Win Nairobi Senator Seat He served as the deputy minority whip in the Senate of Kenya.The-Star, 15 Feb 2023 Sifuna lands deputy whip role in Senate as Azimio lash rebels He served as the Secretary General of the ODM party from 2018 to 9 July 2026.
Early life and education Sifuna started his formal education at Kakamega Township Primary School and later on joined Musingu High School, where he sat his KCSE exams. Thereafter, he pursued a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi, graduating in 2006. After receiving his postgraduate diploma from the Kenya School of Law in 2007, Sifuna did his pupilage at Kairu & McCourt Advocates in Nairobi and was thereafter admitted to the Roll of Advocates in 2008.
Political career
In 2013, Sifuna became a member of CORD as a Technical/Advisory Committee Member for three years before joining NASA in the same capacity. In the 2017 Kenyan general election, Edwin Sifuna expressed his interest to vieThe-Star, 12 Apr 2017 Sifuna, Makali battle for ODM Kanduyi ticket - The Star for the Kanduyi Constituency Member of Parliament seat on an ODM Party ticket. He was, however, not successful during the primaries in April where he lost to John Makali.
With only about two months to the general elections in August, ODM frontedAll Africa 6 May 2017 Why ODM Replaced Nairobi Senatorial Candidate Sifuna as their preferred candidate to contest the Nairobi senatorial seatVenas News, 1 Jun 2017 Edwin Sifuna and Johnson Sakaja, Who Will Win Nairobi Senatorial Seat? then held by Mike Sonko. He polled 674,056 votes (42.51%) against winner Johnson Sakaja who got 811,826 votes (51.20%).
In 2019, he was elected to serve as the vice-chair of the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD).
On 23 February 2018, Sifuna was picked as the Secretary-General of ODM party to replace Ababu Namwamba. On 11 February 2026, he was removed as Secretary General by the National Executive Committee (NEC) in absentia. Sifuna petitioned to the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT), which on 12 February, ruled to temporarily prevent the Orange Democratic Movement from executing his removal. After months of political tussle for the position, the Registrar of Political Parties John Cox Lorionokou, on 9 July said that his removal followed the Political Parties Act (Cap 7D) and ODM's constitution. This effectively removed him from the position.
On 4th October 2026, he was unveiled as the Party Leader of The Equitable Party and it's presidential flag bearer for the 2027 general election at a high profile convention in Nairobi.
Senate In the 2022 Kenyan general election, Sifuna once again The Standard, 16 Dec 2021 ODM’s Edwin Sifuna to vie for Nairobi Senate seat in 2022Capital FM, 16 Dec 2021 Sifuna Declares Senatorial Bid, Rules Out Candidacy In Native Bungoma contested the Nairobi Senatorial seat.Nation, 16 Dec 2021 Edwin Sifuna declares second bid for Nairobi Senate seat He garnered 716,876 to clinch the seatPeople Daily, 14 Aug 2022 Sifuna wins Nairobi senator raceThe-Star, 14 Aug 2022 ODM's Sifuna wins Nairobi senator seat and is now serving the people of Nairobi as their senator. In February 2023, he assumed the role of deputy minority whip in the Senate.Africa Press, 15 Feb 2023. Sifuna lands deputy whip role in Senate as Azimio lash rebels
Personal life Edwin Sifuna was born on 22 May 1982, at St. Mary's Hospital in Mumias, Kakamega County. His father was a civil servant with the defunct Municipal Council and his mother, a now-retired teacher from Moi Primary School in Bungoma. He has two brothers and two sisters. He is marriedStandard, 22 Jul 2015 My future wife snubbed me in campus- High Court Advocate Edwin Sifuna and has a daughter.
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External links Sen Sifuna Edwin Watenya @Parliament Sifuna Edwin Watenya @Mzalendo Edwin Sifuna @LSK