FRED MATIANGI: A CAUTIONARY TALE TO THE NAIVETY, LUNACY, AND OPPORTUNISM OF KENYANS IN DIASPORA

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Once upon a time, in the far-flung corners of the world, lived a group of Kenyans in the diaspora. They had left their homeland in pursuit of better opportunities, armed with education, resources, and access to tools of knowledge that their compatriots back home could only dream of. They were the fortunate ones, or so it seemed, with the power to influence change from afar.

Yet, despite their vantage point, they fell prey to a cycle of naivety, lunacy, and opportunism, choosing to be dazzled by the very thugs propped up by Kenya’s mainstream “githeri” media rather than doing the hard work of discernment.

In 2002, the diaspora Kenyans were swept up in a wave of hope, gravitating toward Raila Odinga, a man they believed to be the harbinger of change. They poured their resources into his campaigns, seeing him as a progressive reformer who would uplift their nation.

But the bitter truth, hidden in plain sight, was that Raila was no savior. He was a traitor to the cause of true progress, a foreign agent imposed on Kenyan politics to entrench the neocolonial establishment that kept the country oppressed.

The diaspora, enamored by his liberal rhetoric, failed to see through the façade. They didn’t bother to dig deeper, to question, or to engage with the raw, unfiltered struggles of Kenyans back home. Instead, they subcontracted their agency to a fraud, reinforcing the very oppression they claimed to oppose.

Fast forward to June 2024, when the streets of Kenya erupted in protests against a corrupt regime. Young Kenyans, the foot soldiers of a burgeoning revolution, risked their lives to demand justice and accountability. But the diaspora, once again, showed their true colors. Rather than supporting the real engineers of change, they funneled money to impostors like Boniface Mwangi and Hanifa Adan – figures elevated by a complicit media and influencers, despite their lack of genuine engagement in the people’s struggles.

These demobilizers, backed by William Ruto’s regime, killed the movement from within, and the diaspora’s funds helped them do it. Even the sharpest minds, like Dr. Miguna Miguna, were not immune. Seduced by choreographed videos and media antics, he sent $500 to Kasmuel Mcoure, a pawn in the game, proving how easily the diaspora could be manipulated by surface-level spectacle.

Now, in 2025, the diaspora is at it again, being wooed by the likes of Fred Matiang’i, a man whose track record reeks of betrayal.

This is the same Matiang’i who, during his tenure, condemned Kenyans to poverty through draconian COVID lockdowns and curfews, shattered livelihoods, forced citizens to take harmful vaccines, and oversaw enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings – bodies dumped in the River Yala as a grim testament to his reign. He imposed the flawed CBC curriculum, all while serving the interests of globalist profiteers at the World Bank, where he now sits comfortably.

Yet, the diaspora is being rallied to join his campaign, with WhatsApp groups buzzing with promises of a “better future” under his leadership. The irony is suffocating: they are being asked to support a man who owes his allegiance not to Kenya, but to the colonial occupiers who pull his strings.

Why does this keep happening? The diaspora Kenyans, despite their access to knowledge, are lazy. They refuse to put in the hours, to get their hands dirty, to engage with the raw conversations on platforms like X where real political discourse unfolds.

Instead, they recline in the soft comfort of Facebook and TikTok, where ethnic divisions are masked as entertainment, and the media toys with their biases. They cling to tribal and geographical prejudices, refusing to shed the wooden goggles that their compatriots back home have fought so hard to remove. They want the easy way out; sub-contracting their civic duty to fraudulent politicians and activists, hoping their money will buy them a seat at the table of power they didn’t earn.

This tale is a warning. The diaspora’s naivety has kept Kenya trapped in a cycle of poverty, their opportunism hijacking every wave of change for personal gain. Kenyans raised funds to send their own abroad, only to watch them be remote-controlled by the very accessories of Kenya’s oppression – the media, the corrupt elite, the globalist profiteers. Instead of supporting the real revolution, one that could lay the foundation for lasting economic prosperity and structural reform, they prop up cannibals like Matiang’i, who feast on the nation’s suffering while serving foreign masters.

FRED MATIANG’I: THE BLOOD-STAINED MYTH OF A KENYAN “REFORMER”

Kenyans in the diaspora, listen up: the slick-talking conman Fred Matiang’i is back, whispering sweet nothings about his “vision” for Kenya’s future, hoping to seduce you with his polished platitudes. Don’t fall for it.

Fred Matiang’i is guilty of contempt of court in 2018 for failing to comply with orders regarding Miguna Miguna’s release and has faced charges of disobeying a 2020 court order on number plates tender documents, and was accused by the Law Society of Kenya and others for disregarding over twenty (20) court orders during his entire tenure as Interior Security CS.

This is the same Fred Matiang’i whose tenure was a grotesque parade of atrocities, extrajudicial killings, and draconian COVID-19 lockdowns that crushed livelihoods while he posed as a reformer. His legacy is a trail of blood, broken families, and shattered dreams, yet some in the diaspora are eating up his rehearsed rhetoric like it’s gospel.

Wake up. This man is no savior – he’s a predator in a suit, and his record proves it.

Let’s rip the mask off this fraud. Matiang’i, hailed by brain-dead cheerleaders as a “no-nonsense technocrat,” oversaw a reign of terror as Interior CS from 2017 to 2022. Under his watch, Kenya’s police became a death squad, with extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances spiking to sickening levels.

Human Rights Watch documented at least 51 police killings in Nairobi’s Mathare and Dandora slums in 2019 alone, with no justification, targeting young men labeled as “criminals.” By the time he was leaving office, the Missing Voices Coalition reported over 970 cases of enforced disappearances or extrajudicial killings between 2019 and 2023.

Another chilling example: Baby Pendo, a six-month-old infant, killed by police in 2017 during post-election violence. Her crime? Being in her mother’s arms when Matiang’i’s goons unleashed tear gas and bullets on Kisumu residents. This is the man some of you in the diaspora are swooning over?

Matiang’i’s brutality didn’t stop there. During the 2017 election chaos, he banned opposition protests, labeling the National Resistance Movement (NRM) a “criminal organization” and unleashing violent crackdowns on demonstrators. His Flying Squad hounded opposition figures and media personalities, silencing dissent with abductions and interrogations.

Matiang’i ordered media houses shut down, switching off three major TV stations to choke free speech. He justified this as preventing “incitement,” but the truth is uglier: Matiang’i was a thug in a suit, weaponizing state power to crush anyone who dared challenge the regime.

Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, and Matiang’i’s true colors shone brighter than ever. His draconian lockdowns were a masterclass in cruelty, enforced with a heavy hand that left Kenyans starving and desperate. Police under his command stripped and beat citizens for breaking curfew, treating them like animals. Small businesses collapsed, families went hungry, and Matiang’i’s response? Posturing as a “decisive leader” while Kenyans suffered.

Meanwhile, his allies in government, like Mutahi Kagwe, turned the pandemic into a profiteering scheme, but Matiang’i was no bystander – he was complicit in a system that bled Kenya dry while preaching “public safety.”

And let’s not forget the Ruaraka land scandal, where Matiang’i’s name surfaces in a sordid tale of government land sold back to the state for Ksh 1.5 billion. This is the man who dared lecture Kenyans about integrity? His defenders, including podcast propagandists and diaspora dreamers, paint him as a competent visionary, but the truth is he’s a looter who thrived on chaos.

His “reforms” in education, like curbing exam cheating, were less about progress and more about consolidating power, bullying teachers’ unions like KNUT into submission with his “bulldozing” tactics.

THE HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF SPORTPESA BY FRED MATIANGI AND THE KENYATTA FAMILY

Fred Matiang’i, as Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary, played a central role in the hostile takeover of SportPesa, orchestrating a calculated scheme to dispossess its original shareholders, as detailed across multiple articles on Fifacolonialism.com.

In 2019, Matiang’i leveraged his authority to withdraw SportPesa’s betting license, citing vague claims of tax evasion and social harm, while simultaneously ordering the deportation of foreign directors, including Bulgarian shareholders Guerassim Nikolov and Gene Grand, for alleged lack of work permits and involvement in illegal gambling.

This was no anti-gambling crusade but a deliberate move to cripple Pevans East Africa Ltd (SportPesa’s parent company), allowing the Kenyatta family and their proxies, including Kasarani Constituency Member of Parliament Ronald Karauri, to transfer SportPesa’s valuable assets – trademarks, paybill numbers, and shortcodes – to Milestone Games Ltd, a company they controlled.

Matiang’i’s actions, including directing the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to issue crippling tax demands of Ksh 18.5 billion and freezing SportPesa’s accounts, created a crisis that forced the company into collapse, paving the way for its assets to be siphoned off, leaving major shareholders like Paul Ndungu and Asenath Wacera Maina with an empty shell. His public posturing against betting, claiming it ruined Kenyan youth, was exposed as hypocritical when he secretly facilitated a private jet for Nikolov to meet Safaricom officials, ensuring the transfer of assets to Milestone Games.

Matiang’i’s thuggish tactics extended beyond administrative sabotage to outright intimidation and defiance of judicial oversight. When the High Court issued orders in 2020 to halt interference with Milestone Games’ operations, Matiang’i ignored them, directing raids on SportPesa’s Nairobi offices and arresting foreign nationals to pressure the company further.

His collaboration with the Kenyatta family and Karauri ensured that SportPesa’s original shareholders, who held significant stakes (e.g., Wacera’s 21% and Ndungu’s 17%), were sidelined without compensation, while Milestone Games operated with impunity despite court rulings declaring its license invalid.

Kenyans in the diaspora, you’re being played. Matiang’i’s recent return from his cushy World Bank gig in New York, coupled with his hiring of a shady Canadian lobbying firm for $250,000 to push his 2027 presidential bid, is a calculated move to dupe you. He’s banking on your distance from Kenya’s reality to sell you a fairy tale of “competence.” Don’t buy it.

The man who oversaw abductions, murders, and media censorship is no leader – he’s a tyrant with a silver tongue. Posts on X expose the raw anger of Kenyans who lived through his terror: one calls him a “torturer, murderer, and looter” tied to “dodgy” foreign operatives. These aren’t just rumors – they’re the cries of a nation scarred by his actions.

You, in the diaspora, have the power to see through this farce. Don’t let Matiang’i’s smooth talk and tailored suits blind you to the blood on his hands. His legacy is not progress but pain – dead youth, silenced voices, and crushed livelihoods. Kenya deserves better than a recycled despot masquerading as a reformer. Reject his empty rhetoric. Demand leaders with integrity, not criminals with charisma. The graves of Baby Pendo and countless others demand it.

The lesson is clear: true change cannot be bought or outsourced. It demands engagement, discernment, and a willingness to stand with the people, not above them. Will the diaspora Kenyans finally learn, or will they remain the architects of their homeland’s endless despair, forever enamored by the shiny mirage of fraudulent saviors?

The choice is theirs – but the clock is ticking.