{"id":16274,"date":"2020-10-21T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=16274"},"modified":"2020-10-21T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T21:12:00","slug":"matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru","title":{"rendered":"Matiang&#8217;i has my blessings in all he does, says Uhuru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> President Uhuru Kenyatta has defended Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang\u2019i who has been under spirited attacks from allies of Deputy President William Ruto.<\/p>\n<p>While addressing hundreds of boda boda operators at Kisii Sports Club today, the President said he assigned Dr Matiang\u2019i a ministry (Interior) which has been well run but, fails to understand why \u201csome people are attacking my hardworking CS\u201d. Uhuru, who was accompanied by ODM leader Raila Odinga and Dr Matiang\u2019i asked locals to shun leaders out to preach hatred and divisions among peace-loving citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfair for some people to target him (Matiang\u2019i) unfairly. I have full confidence in his performance and would like you to support him so that he can do even better,\u201d said Kenyatta.<\/p>\n<p>The President donated Sh3 million to the riders revealing that he was ready to go home after his two-term at the presidency but wanted to leave behind a united country \u201cwhere everyone can live without fear\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Raila wondered why Ruto had suddenly changed heart to loving the poor in society and youth whom he had resorted to giving wheelbarrows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe poor and youth have been there since he (DP) assumed power. If he really cared for them he would give them substantive gifts that can lift one from economic disparity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The ODM leader said he was working hard together with the president to create an ideal country for the future generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why we are vouching for positive changes in our constitution so that people stop caring who is at the helm of the country\u2019s leadership,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will share the proposed changes and let Kenyans have a final say.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta has defended Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang\u2019i who has been under spirited attacks from allies of Deputy President William Ruto. While addressing hundreds of boda boda operators at Kisii Sports Club today, the President said he assigned Dr Matiang\u2019i a ministry (Interior) which has been well run but, fails to understand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":16264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[243,254,362],"class_list":["post-16274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-fred-matiangi","tag-odm-leader-raila-odinga","tag-president-uhuru-kenyatta"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matiang&#039;i has my blessings in all he does, says Uhuru - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Uhuru Kenyatta has defended Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang\u2019i who has been under spirited attacks from allies of Deput\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matiang&#039;i has my blessings in all he does, says Uhuru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Uhuru Kenyatta has defended Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang\u2019i who has been under spirited attacks from allies of Deput\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-21T21:12:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/10\/matiangi_has_my_ble5f908a58a9e56.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"516\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"323\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Matiang&#8217;i has my blessings in all he does, says Uhuru\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-21T21:12:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru\"},\"wordCount\":293,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/10\/matiangi_has_my_ble5f908a58a9e56.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Fred Matiang\u2019i\",\"ODM leader Raila Odinga\",\"President Uhuru Kenyatta\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/matiangi-has-my-blessings-in-all-he-does-says-uhuru\",\"name\":\"Matiang'i has my blessings in all he does, says Uhuru - 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