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)...
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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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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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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...
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...
Few incumbent ministers backed Ruto during the election campaign and a group of senior ministers such as Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa the Ministry of Information and Communications' Joe Mucheru and Agriculture CS Peter Munya vocally opposed him...
Even before the election campaigns security Permanent Secretary Karanja Kibicho and his boss Fred Matiang'i had made no bones about their determination to go after Ruto...
Democratic Action Party-Kenya is a Luhya party with 60 candidates but few of interest outside Luhya areas and there are a dozen more micro-parties with minimal to regional impact (Murungi's Devolution Empowerment Party in Meru Interior Secretary Fred Matiangi's United Progressive Alliance in Kisii the Kenya Union Party in Pokot)...
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In October Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) wrote to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission protesting the inclusion of the cabinet secretaries for the interior and communications ministries – Fred Matiang'i and Joseph Mucheru – in the multi-agency team planning for free and fair general elections given they have been openly campaigning for Odinga...