Jubilee Party intensifies campaigns in Matiang’i’s Nyamira backyard

Jubilee Party on Friday, March 14, intensified its popularization campaigns for its preferred presidential candidate, Fred Matiang’i, in Nyamira County.

In a statement on Saturday, March 15, 2025, party secretary-general Jeremiah Kioni observed that during the public engagement, residents of Nyamira called for accountability and responsive governance.

“Yesterday (Friday, March 14, 2025), I joined the great people of Nyamira, proud members of the great Jubilee Party, who came together under one banner to reaffirm their unwavering commitment to true leadership and progressive governance,” Kioni said.

“They declared that a government must be for the people, by the people, and with the people. They further echoed the need for policies that uplift and empower and demanded leadership that listens, acts, and delivers.”

The Jubilee Party has settled on Matiang’i as its candidate for the 2027 presidential race despite the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), which Matiang’i is a member of, also endorsing him as their choice presidential candidate.

“Their voices were loud, their resolve unshaken, and their vision for a better Kenya stronger than ever. Jubilee Party remains the home of the people, standing firm in the fight for dignity, development, and leadership that truly serves,” Kioni remarked.

2027 ambitions

While Kioni has maintained that Jubilee is poised to succeed Ruto in 2027, he notes that through the formation of a coalition with other parties, Matiang’i still stands a chance in flying the presidential flag in the 2027 campaigns.

Matiang’i first shot into public service limelight when retired president Uhuru Kenyatta appointed him to serve as the Cabinet Secretary for Information Communication Technology (ICT) in 2013, where he spearheaded the digital TV migration before being shuffled to the education ministry, where he oversaw the implementation of a raft of changes in the administration of national examinations.

Following the death of former Interior cabinet secretary Joseph Nkaissery in 2027, Uhuru quickly appointed Matiang’i to fill the position which he held until 2022.

No-nonsense worker

During his time in office, Matiang’i cut the image of a hands-on government official who had the ear of the president and a no-nonsense implementer of policies.

Defending the Jubilee Party’s nomination of Matiang’i to take over from Ruto in 2027, Kioni notes that it is only through the former CS that the problems of the country can be solved.

“Fred Matiang’i is our presidential candidate; he is the only presidential candidate that can issue orders to bring back Huduma Namba, go back to NHIF, and fund universities,” Kioni told a local TV station.