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The Azimio presidential candidate has revealed Matiang'i's future if Azimio clinches power in the August polls.

Azimio presidential aspirant Raila Odinga has revealed that Interior CS Dr. Fred Matiang’i will be in the Azimio government if it assumes power after the August polls.

Speaking during an Azimio rally on Friday in Ekerenyo, Nyamira County, the former Prime Minister stated that he was with the CS on his side.

“Hapa Nyamira kuna kijana wenu Fred Matiang’i. Huyu Matiang’i wale jamaa walimchukia sana. Kila mara wanaongea juu yake ati huyu jamaa ataona. Wale wakiingia kwa serikali watapeleka Matiang'i ndani. Nawahakikishia kuwa Matiang’i ako na baba,” Raila told a charged crowd at Ekerenyo grounds.

The former Prime Minister further maintained that anyone who was planning to attack the CS should pass through him first.

{Raila Odinga and Fred Matiang'i. IMAGE: COURTESY}

“Kama kuna jamaa anajaribu kuja kupiga kijana wangu, kwanza apige mimi kwanza. Matiang’i tutakaa naye ata baada ya tarehe tisa mwezi wa nane tutakuwa nay eye katika serikali,” Raila stated.

The Azimio presidential candidate was drumming up support for his candidature in Nyamira County which is the home county for the Interior CS.

Matiang’i has been an ardent supporter of Raila’s candidature in the August polls and he has previously campaigned for the Azimio leader’s ticket.

The has been instrumental in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government and maintained a good relationship with the Head of State as he was previously branded as Preside Kenyatta’s ‘Mr Fix It’.