EX CJ Maraga Meets Young Activists As 2027 Speculations Continue

EX CJ Maraga Meets Young Activists As 2027 Speculations Continue

Former Chief Justice David Maraga has aroused curiosity by receiving a group of civil society activists at his Nairobi home.

The Tuesday conference, which was mostly attended by Gen Z activists, comes at a time when young Kenyans are aggressively advocating for governance reforms.

In a now-viral video, Maraga joins the group in singing a popular liberation hymn that rose to prominence during the 2024 anti-government rallies.

Following the meeting on Tuesday, Maraga took to his official social media profile to voice his support for the youth movement.

Thank you @Nyamisa_Chela and your team for the courtesy call. I was inspired by your passion and commitment to transform Kenya into a better place for everyone. The youth struggle for a better Kenya deserves all our support. https://t.co/bSpCJXdp83
— David Maraga (@dkmaraga) February 4, 2025

“The youth’s struggle for a better Kenya deserves all our support,” he wrote.

“Thank you, @Nyamisa_Chela, and your team for the courtesy call. I was inspired by your passion and commitment to transforming Kenya into a better place for everyone,” Maraga added.

The rapidly growing youth movement has been at the vanguard of civil society’s campaign for accountability, better governance, and constitutionalism.

In the viral video, Maraga can be seen singing a patriotic song with Gen Z activists in honor of the victims of last year’s anti-government rally.

The words to the Swahili song revolve around the theme of young people sacrificing themselves for the greater good of the country.

Rights campaigner Nyamisa Chelagat, who was a member of the group, described the meeting as a watershed moment in their fight for governance reforms.

We paid a courtesy call on @dkmaraga.
We updated him on the movement's struggle for good governance, the rule of law and constitutionalism, issues he relates with very well. We inducted him to the movement, he sang with us, as we welcomed him to the struggle to liberate Kenya. pic.twitter.com/03sP2fvHcK
— Nyamisa Chelagat (@Nyamisa_Chela) February 4, 2025

“We paid a courtesy call on @dkmaraga. We updated him on the movement’s fight for good governance, the rule of law, and constitutionalism—issues he deeply relates to,” Nyamisa said.

“We inducted him into the movement; he sang with us as we welcomed him to the struggle to liberate Kenya.”

Since his retirement as Chief Justice, Maraga has kept a quiet profile, but he has periodically spoken out against government excesses, abductions, and extrajudicial killings.

He is regarded as one of the country’s most prominent human rights champions and one of the leaders with spotless credentials, having nullified the 2017 presidential election.

Last week, he warned that the Kenya Kwanza administration’s legitimacy was in jeopardy due to the ongoing abductions and killings.

His current meeting with activists has sparked social media debate, with many calling on him to run for president in 2027 or to become chairwoman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

However, Maraga has not proclaimed any political ambitions or showed an interest in the IEBC position.

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He sharply condemned the increasing number of abductions and extrajudicial executions, calling them a betrayal of Kenya’s future and a violation of the Constitution.

“A leadership that abets a culture of killings and human rights violations jeopardizes its legitimacy,” he stated.

Maraga highlighted that every Kenyan, particularly the youth, deserves to be safe and secure while following their ambitions.

“We cannot be lulled into complacency in the face of such assaults on our shared humanity,” he added.

EX CJ Maraga Meets Young Activists As 2027 Speculations Continue

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