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OTIENDE: Echoes of Moi’s ‘Project’ in Matiang’i’s 2027 ambitions and hand of Uhuru Kenyatta

The former Interior CS evokes former President Moi’s grooming of ‘Project’ Uhuru, bypassing the grassroots and electoral engagement.

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by JAPHETH OTIENDE

News11 May 2025 - 09:00
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Interior CS Fred Matiag'i in a meet and greet tour in the Kisii region. [PHOTO: HANDOUT]

The Kenyan political landscape is once again witnessing the emergence of a figure whose rise mirrors that of Uhuru Kenyatta’s early political career — shaped not by grassroots mobilisation or electoral victories, but by elite patronage.

Fred Matiang’i, the former Interior Cabinet Secretary, has recently begun to signal a possible presidential run in 2027.

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