National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed has fired back at Nairobi Senator and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna after he accused him of squandering the funds meant for the late Raila Odinga’s poll agents during the 2022 General Elections.
In a press statement shared via his official X account on Saturday, January 3, 2026, Junet acknowledged that, indeed, retired President Uhuru Kenyatta had released the funds meant for the agents but denied being the custodian of the money.
He accused former President Uhuru Kenyatta and his younger brother Muhoho Kenyatta of taking control of funds meant for Raila Odinga’s election agents and failing to deploy or pay the agents across key regions.
According to Junet, Muhoho Kenyatta received the funds and then appointed Peter Mburu to take charge of the recruitment and payment of agents.
“I wish to respond to Senator Edwin Sifuna, the ODM Secretary General who moonlights for former President Uhuru Kenyatta within our party and who has challenged me to explain why agents in the 2022 General Election were neither paid nor present at their designated polling stations,” Junet stated.
“The answer is simple, clear and verifiable: Former President Uhuru Kenyatta released the funds meant for election agents to his blood brother, Muhoho Kenyatta. Muhoho Kenyatta then appointed one Mr. Peter Mburu to take charge of the recruitment and payment of agents.”
Mburu, he claimed, presented himself as an IT expert capable of detecting and preventing any manipulation of results by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
The Suna East MP also moved to defend his own political standing, rejecting insinuations that he may have betrayed the late ODM leader.
He argued that if he had at any point betrayed Raila, the late former prime minister would not have appointed him as the National Assembly minority leader.
“Let the record also be set straight: Hon. Raila Odinga would have had no reason whatsoever to appoint me—Hon. Junet Mohammed—as the Leader of the Minority in the National Assembly, if I had truly betrayed him,” he stated.
He argued that he had handled all the delicate assignments from Raila with fidelity and diligence for years.
Sifuna attacks Junet
Sifuna launched a fierce attack on Junet during the burial of Embakasi North MP James Gakuya’s mother, Alice Wangari Gakuya, in Makomboki, Murang’a County, on January 3, 2026.
He challenged Junet’s recent criticism of former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s financial support for the Azimio campaign.
Sifuna reminded the crowd of Mount Kenya’s critical role in past elections.
“Unajua watu wengi wamesahau mlima Kenya, kwa mara ya kwanza baba Raila Odinga alizua kura zaidi ya milioni moja. Na ndio maana mliona nikipigia Uhuru Kenyatta asante kwa sababu alitusaidia. Mlitusukuma lakini alitusaidia,” he said.
He stressed Uhuru’s direct support for the opposition.
“Wengine alikula pesa ya Uhuru. Mimi najua kama katibu mkuu,pesa nyingi tulifanyia campaign ilitoka kwa Mweshimiwa Uhuru Kenyatta. Alitusupport kihali na mali,” Sifuna added.
“Lakini saa hii kuna mashenzi mmoja, ametambua kwamba kuna ubaya ya pesa ya Uhuru Kenyatta. Nataka niulize Junet: ‘Wewe Junet, pesa ya Uhuru ilianza kuwa mbaya siku gani?’”
