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 vie [6] 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 fronted [7] Sifuna as their preferred candidate to contest the Nairobi senatorial seat [8] then held by Mike Sonko. He polled 674,056 votes (42.51%) against winner Johnson Sakaja who got 811,826 votes (51.20%).
On 23 February 2018,Sifuna was picked as the Secretary-General of ODM [9] party to replace Ababu Namwamba. [4] [10] On 11 February 2026,he was removed as Secretary General by the National Executive Committee (NEC) in absentia. [11] 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. [12] In 2019,he was elected to serve as the vice-chair of the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD).
On 11 February 2026,ODM removed Sifuna as the party’s secretary general. [13]
Senate
In the 2022 Kenyan general election,Sifuna once again [14] [15] contested the Nairobi Senatorial seat. [16] He garnered 716,876 to clinch the seat [17] [18] 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. [19]
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