Former Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has announced his plans to run for the next Governor of Nairobi County in the 2027 general election.

Taking to his X account on Monday, October 13, 2025, the former Gatundu South Member of Parliament added that he is inspired to run for the Nairobi City County top seat to clean the devolved unit choking on filth.

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Kuria was reacting to President William Ruto’s Sunday remarks, where the Head of State announced plans for the partnership between the national government, the Nairobi City County and the private sector aimed at tackling the capital’s persistent waste management challenges.

Speaking on Sunday while attending a service to commemorate AIC Ziwani Church’s 70 years of faith and dedicated service, Ruto said the garbage menace will be dealt with accordingly.

“Nairobi cannot continue to be a city in filth. You see that we have already started cleaning the Nairobi River. And now all estates are in the final stages of signing an agreement with the private sector on how we are going to clean this city. It cannot continue the way it is,” President Ruto said.

Additionally, President Ruto said that Nairobi roads are still below standard, saying that he has reached out to former President Uhuru Kenyatta, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and KANU chairman Gideon Moi to make Kenya a first-world country. Ruto said that his administration will set aside resources to upgrade the Nairobi City County road network as well.

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“We must not have mud along our roads. This city will have streetlights so that we make sure that Nairobi is clean, becomes motorable and a city in the light, not in darkness. I have committed that the national government will provide resources,” he added.

In a quick rejoinder, Moses Kuria has taken the opportunity to declare his candidacy for the governor’s seat, adding that he will deal with garbage and incompetence in the country’s capital city when he assumes office at City Hall in 2027.

”Dear President William Ruto. Today you spoke to my heart. As Prime Minister Baba Raila Amolo Odinga has told me countless times, Nairobi cannot continue to be the City of filth, garbage, and incompetence. I have heard your cry. That is why I will offer myself to be the Governor of the great County of Nairobi in 2027. I will fix Nairobi,” Moses Kuria said.

Meanwhile, Kuria’s interest in the Nairobi governor seat comes at a moment when the incumbent, Johnson Sakaja, is risking impeachment after a fallout with the Nairobi City County Members of the County Assembly over reported incompetence. Embakasi East Member of Parliament Paul Ongili, alias Babu Owino, is also seeking to unseat Sakaja over what he terms as a failure to deliver quality services to the city residents