Saturday, January 25, 2025 - Kisii senator Richard Onyonka has reiterated that the Gusii community will field former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i as their presidential candidate in the 2027 General Election.
Speaking at an event in his
county yesterday, Onyonka decried small communities like his own being
sidelined by successive governments.
He said the time had come for
the country to try fresh blood away from the major ethnic formations, and Gusii
was ready with its candidates.
"As a community, we have
decided our candidate in the 2027 elections is Fred Matiang'i. We will not
reconsider that.”
“If you have a dysfunctional
country and institutions are not sharing the cake equitably, then you must look
for alternatives to force those in power to share the resources
equitably," said Onyonka.
The senator revealed that a new
political party was on the way.
He added that Matiang'i would
seek support from other influential leaders like former Deputy President
Rigathi Gachagua, Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, ODM's Raila Odinga, and former
President Uhuru Kenyatta.
"One of the approaches is
setting our political parties...We know Matiang'i will win, but he can't do it
alone. We are going to talk to everybody.”
“We will talk to Gachagua,
Uhuru, Kalonzo Musyoka and even Raila Odinga. We will tell them it is now our
time because the country must now look for small clans that can show their
potential in leadership," the senator added.
Onyonka's pronouncements came a
month after the United Progressive Alliance Party (UPA) endorsed Matiang'i as
its presidential candidate for the 2027 elections.
During a National Executive
Committee (NEC) meeting in Nyamira on December 18, 2024, UPA members
unanimously agreed to nominate Matiang’i as the party’s flagbearer for the
upcoming presidential race.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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