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Fred Okengo Matiang'i

Place of Birth: Borabu, Nyamira District


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Still the kingmaker

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...


New alliances on shaky ground

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...


The Ruto-Raila trade-off redraws the electoral map

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)...


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 heads to Gaborone

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)...


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President Ruto widens the tent

Ruto also appears to have relented in his vendetta against former President Uhuru Kenyatta's right-hand man former Ministry of Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i...

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Ruto's securocrats hark back to the Moi era

A late night police raid at the home of Fred Matiang'i former Cabinet Secretary in the Interior Ministry on 8 Feburary is the latest and highest profile case of the new government's campaign against allies of former President Uhuru Kenyatta...

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A different kind of cronyism

The likes of former security minister Fred Matiang'i and his PS Karanja Kibicho Kenyatta loyalists who openly supported Odinga's 2022 presidential bid while making no bones about persecuting Kenya Kwanza loyalists are likely to be very worried about where these investigations will lead...


Loyalty trumps all in Ruto's cabinet

Having missed out on the Deputy President nomination Kithure Kindiki who led Ruto's legal team during the August presidential petition and represented Ruto when he faced crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court has been rewarded with the Interior and National Administration Ministry previously led by Fred Matiang'i...


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