Jubilee's collapse – its candidate Wilson Kigwa managed just 198 votes – is a major blow to party leader and presidential hopeful Fred Matiang'i and suggests he is struggling to gain traction beyond the two Gusii-dominated counties that form his home base (AC Vol 67 No 12 Cash for impeachment)...
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It is also well thought of by those opposition leaders such as serial presidential candidate Kalonzo Musyoka former Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua who are promising to unite behind a single candidate against Ruto next year...
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Its leading lights are Jubilee Party and Wiper Patriotic Front leaders Fred Matiang'i and Kalonzo Musyoka former cabinet ministers Martha Karua and Justin Maturi and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua (AC Vol 66 No 5 The anti-Ruto alliance)...
But resentment still lingers from Fred Matiang'i's aggressive pursuit of corruption cases against Ruto's allies in the run-up to the 2022 polls several of whom are now senior ministers...
For the moment the most viable candidates are Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Fred Matiang'i leader of what remains of the former president Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee party (AC Vol 65 No 17 Kenyatta's favourite minister plans presidential bid)...
In Nyamira County all three county assembly seats went to opposition candidates in an area dominated by Jubilee party leader Fred Matiang'i a likely presidential candidate in 2027...
Musyoka is almost certain to stand regardless of whether he is picked by the ‘Anyone But Ruto' clique of leaders including Gachagua Martha Karua and Fred Matiang'i...
The vacuum also leaves a golden opportunity for the Anyone But Ruto group of leaders – including former Deputy President Kalonzo Musyoka Ruto's former deputy Rigathi Gachagua (impeached last year) and former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i...
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But Fred Matiang'i Interior Cabinet Secretary in Uhuru Kenyatta's government and now leader of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is widely seen as the most likely presidential candidate (AC Vol 66 No 5 The anti-Ruto alliance)...
He also hinted that ODM could back Fred Matiang'i the nominee of Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party and a combative former interior cabinet secretary (Dispatches 28/7/25 Sifuna goes rogue as ODM splits deepen)...
