[Fred Matiang’i at a past event in Nyamira. Kisii Deputy Governor Joash Maangi has denied holding a secret meeting with him. Photo/Nation]
Kisii Deputy Governor Joash Maang’i has denied meeting Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i secretly in a Kisii hotel.
Sources had intimated that the two leaders met shortly on Tuesday morning at Nyakoe Hotel before the CS went to the nearby Nyabururu Girls.
But youth leader Adams Anunda, a close confident of the DG has since dismissed the claims insisting that Maangi had spent the better part of the day in Kisii High Court.
“The claims are untrue because the DG has been in court attending to governorship petition launched by Jubilee opponents,” he said.
Anunda further said: “Already he is back in the office executing his duty and we are not aware of such a meeting.”
Viewed as a swing region, Matiangi is coordinating Jubilee campaigns in the area and is set to later on launch an NYS program in Kitutu Chache South.
At some point towards August elections, Maangi had briefly joined Jubilee before regrouping with Governor James Ongwae in May. He among the chief NASA campaigners in Gusii.