Jubilee Deputy Party Leader Jeremiah Kioni has moved to give political meaning to the mammoth rally convened by former Nyeri MP Ngunjiri Wambugu in Nyeri Town, saying it is ground evidence the the Jubilee Party is ready for the 2027 elections.
Kioni, who joined Wambugu and other Jubilee aspirants during the party’s meet-the-people tour, said the reception in Nyeri demonstrated that Mt Kenya politics is changing.
“Today in Nyeri County, alongside my brother Ngunjiri Wambugu and other aspirants, we took the Jubilee gospel directly to the people,” Kioni said, describing the tour as a campaign to sell the party’s message at the grassroots.
The size and energy of the rally allowed Jubilee to show it can still mobilise political support in Mt Kenya, where the 2027 contest is increasingly crowded.
For Wambugu, the Friday rally is a huge political boost. He is not an elected MP, governor, senator or MCA. Yet his political activity in Nyeri has continued to attract attention in the constituency.
For 2027, Jubilee is betting that its flagbearer, Fred Matiang’i, can give the party a national platform while allowing it to rebuild its grassroots networks in Mt Kenya.
