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He has now hinted that ODM could support Fred Matiang'i's bid for the presidency if that offered the best chance of ousting Ruto at the August 2027 elections (AC Vol 65 No 17 Kenyatta's favourite minister plans presidential bid)...
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Fred Matiang'i – also a Kisii and a senior minister under Kenyatta – has been touted as a contender...
Fred Matiang'i the former Interior Cabinet Secretary in the Kenyatta government is the only establishment politician with significant support from Gen Z...
Karua is a member of the Anyone But Ruto (ABR) party whose leaders with the exception of former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i were all in attendance at the PLP launch in Nairobi on 27 February...
Youth movementIn the third corner is Fred Matiang'i the Interior Cabinet Secretary in Uhuru Kenyatta's government who appears to be positioning himself as the candidate for the Gen Z movement...
Some say that's the plan of ex-Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i who has assembled a campaign team...
Several independents including former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah are also testing the water with a view to making a presidential run...
Fred Matiang'i the former Interior Minister and close ally of Kenyatta who recently registered with Israeli lobbyist Ari Ben-Menashe to help launch a presidential bid is another option but he has limited appeal (AC Vol 65 No 17 Kenyatta's favourite minister plans presidential bid)...
Former Interior minister Fred Matiang'i says he is preparing to run for Kenya's presidency in 2027 after falling out with President William Ruto and having his Nairobi home surrounded by armed police last year...
Ben-Menashe who has taken on Kenya's former Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i is now also acting for Duma Boko the leader of the opposition Botswana National Front (BNF)...