Why Matiang'i comeback threatens Ruto's re-election bid

 

Former Interior cabinet secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i is a great rival to President William Ruto in his 2027 re-election contest.

Matiang'i is set to give Ruto a run for his money, owing to his track record as a cabinet secretary in the previous regime. 

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta trusted Matiang'i more than any other cabinet secretary due to his workaholic nature and might be forced to finance his presidential quest. 

The former Interior CS is reportedly eyeing the presidential seat on a Jubilee ticket, as alluded by the party's secretary general Jeremiah Kioni.

Ruto's dalliance with the doyen of opposition politics and ODM party leader Raila Odinga had complicated the opposition's quest to unseat the sitting Head of State. Matiang'i comeback seals the vaccum left by Raila's departure.

Why Ruto might lose Kenya's presidential seat in 2027

Ahead of 2022 general elections in Kenya, President William Ruto promised Kenyans heaven on Earth only to deliver peanuts.

The bottom-up economic model was just a hoax to hoodwink and bamboozle the majority populace, christened in hustler cocoons, to vote for Ruto instead of the proclaimed dynasty - a conglomerate of Odinga's and the Kenyatta's.

In June 2024, dissatisfied Kenyans almost chauffeured the country down the drain when they stormed streets in major cities and towns to reject the 2023/2024 Finance Bill.

Chants of 'Ruto Must Go’ rented the air as police lobbed teargas cannisters to disperse rowdy youths.

The phrase 'Ruto Must Go’ to be echoed ahead of 2027 as Matiang'i takes the bull by it's horns and history will be made as the son of omogusii is set to be the first person to unseat a sitting president of Kenya.

Why Ruto's lose is inevitable

Ruto's imminent lose to the opposition is due to empty promises. He is a president who promises alot, yet little is seen on the delivery table.

Another NARC moment is in the offing. The 2002 opposition euphoria that saw the ruling party KANU lose to the opposition NARC is set to reappear again, albeit in a different format.

In 2002, Mwai Kibaki of NARC emerged the presidential winner and defeated KANU's candidate Uhuru Kenyatta.

The then President Daniel Arap Moi had thrown his weight behind Uhuru. That decision triggered KANU bigwigs the likes of Kalonzo Musyoka, Raila Odinga, Joseph Kamotho, Moody Awori among others, quit the governing party to join the opposition force.

Kenyans seem to be tired of empty rhetoric and relaunch of projects initiated by the preceding government.

The advent of technology have led to the upsurge of a more informed and enlightened populace.

Majority of the current crop of upcoming youths never spoke their mother tongues in the first instance and are more detribalised than the previous generation.

The Gen zs’ anti-government protest reflected how the young lot has emancipated itself from tribal coccons to face the glaring reality of punitive taxation imposed into them.

Looming Ruto, Uhuru political rematch 

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta might influence the 2027 presidential contest, as most of his allies are in the opposition.

Since his departure from State House, Uhuru has consistently been urging youths to actively agitate for their rights and be participatory in the governance process.