President Uhuru Kenyatta has revealed that Education and acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i was probably the third most powerful person in the country.
Addressing a rally at Sameta in Kisii County on Thursday, President Kenyatta disclosed that Dr Matiang'i was the most powerful member of his Cabinet.
“The most powerful Cabinet Secretary in the Government who controls the most power after me and my deputy and comes from this region,” Kenyatta affirmed.
He added that the Abagusii were well represented in the top government hierarchy and had benefited from the development initiatives implemented by the Jubilee Government over the last four and half years.
“Let them tell us any person from this region who holds a senior position in the opposition. How many Kisiis are in NASA? It is a question of rights...when you look at our government, Ruto is the DP...who is in charge of security? Who is in charge of education? Is it a Kikuyu or a Kalenjin?" He posed.
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The President also pointed out that his administration had awarded leaders from the Abagusii region with high-ranking positions among them Mohamed Nyaoga, who is the Chairman of the Central Bank of Kenya, adding that the Commissioner of Prisons and the CEO of the Kenya Bureau of Standards were also from the Kisii Community.
He further stated that the Jubilee Party had nominated Millicent Omanga as Senator.
Deputy President William Ruto reiterated the President's words stating that the fresh elections will give President Kenyatta an opportunity to win majority votes in Kisii County.
The DP said Kenyatta won in Nyamira and got huge votes in Kisii because the Abagusii chose development and progress instead of the tribal propaganda peddled by the opposition.
“We won the August 8th elections because Kenyans voted for progress. Here in Kisii, more than 500 kilometers of tarmac road are being constructed. We increased homes with electricity from 13,000 in 2013 to 60,000 within four years,” DP Ruto conveyed.
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The two jointly welcomed senior politicians including two former governor candidates, four senator candidates, and six women rep candidates who decamped to the Jubilee Party to rally behind his re-election in the October 26 election.
In the August 8 election, President Kenyatta garnered 52.07 percent (106,894) of the votes in Nyamira County while in Kisii he got 43.2 percent (175,415) of the votes.
