5 people Kivutha Kibwana wants Gen Zs to partner with to liberate Kenya
By Arnold Ngure, August 4, 2025Former Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana has urged the Gen Zs to partner with five personalities in the country to bring about liberation and reforms.
In a statement on Monday, August 4, 2025, Kibwana suggested that the youthful population could achieve meaningful transformation only if they partnered with Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah, retired Chief Justice David Maraga, activist Boniface Mwangi, former presidential aspirant Reuben Kigame, and Canadian-based Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna.
“I am looking forward in solemn prayer to when Okiya Omtatah, David Maraga, Boniface Mwangi, Reuben Kigame, Miguna Miguna, any Gen Z or Gen Y presidential candidates, and other similar progressive nationalist aspirants will sit together and plot Kenya’s third economic liberation,” Kibwana noted.
Gen Z presidential candidates
While Kigame and Maraga have publicly declared an intention to run for the presidency in 2027 against President William Ruto, Omtatah and the Gen Zs have yet to settle on a candidate, even as political alignments take shape.
“I’m not hoping, I’m planning to be on the ballot in 2027. I’m just getting ready to launch officially in a couple of weeks. It’s about two years to the election, so two years is good enough to roll it out,” Kigame said during a TV interview on July 28, 2025.
Also, in a pointed message shared on social media on the night of Thursday, July 17, 2025, while responding to a call by human rights activist Shakira Wafula, who had requested him to be in government should former Chief Justice David Maraga clinch the presidency in 2027, Kibwana questioned how dedicated professionals—like teachers—could be pulled away from service to engage in politics unless there is a transformative purpose behind it.
Impactful youth
He warned that in a country “where lies are the truth,” hope for real change hinges on the youth mobilising not just emotionally but practically—through ID and voter registration, campaigning, and securing the vote.
“In a country where lies are the truth, you need the youth to turn things around. Guys to get IDs & voters’ cards in their millions. Campaign. Vote and count the vote,” Kibwana stated.
He added a sobering caution: “All else could be a bubble for now,” suggesting that without concrete electoral participation, protests, outrage, and online advocacy may ultimately lead to political stagnation.