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Jimi Richard Wanjigi ✓ Verified
candidate · President, Kenya（https://vote.ke/president） · Safina Party（https://vote.ke/parties/safina-party）
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Jimi Wanjigi is the kingmaker who wants the crown: the billionaire dealmaker behind three Kenyan presidencies who has stepped out of the back rooms to lead the Safina Party's own bid for State House. Heir to a political-business dynasty and chief executive of the Kwacha Group family office, he bankrolled Kibaki's 2002 NARC triumph, brokered the Uhuru-Ruto Jubilee ticket of 2013, then masterminded Raila Odinga's 2017 NASA campaign, a defection that brought police sieges to his Muthaiga home. His 2022 presidential bid collapsed over degree requirements; he answered by finishing the degree and doubling down. Pitching himself as the insider who knows where the money hides, he fronts Safina's 2027 campaign on jobs, debt sanity and ending state predation.
Experience
Professional
Chief Campaign Strategist
National Super Alliance (NASA) 2016-2017
Crossed to the opposition as chief strategist and financier of Raila Odinga's 2017 NASA campaign, a switch that made him a state target and saw police twice lay siege to his Muthaiga home during the post-election standoff.
Lead Broker & Campaign Financier
Jubilee Coalition 2011-2012
Brokered and bankrolled the 2013 alliance between Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, hosting the negotiations that fused their parties into the Jubilee ticket which captured the presidency in the March 2013 election.
Chief Political Strategist & Financier
National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) 2001-2002
Worked the back rooms of the 2002 NARC campaign as mobilizer, strategist and financier, helping end KANU's four-decade rule and earning the kingmaker reputation that followed him through two more election cycles.
Director
Tyl Limited 1997, present
Directs a private financial services and international cash transfer venture handling cross-border commercial transactions, one strand of the discreet web of companies through which he manages his family's interests.
Co-Founder & Director
BINS Limited 1985, present
Co-founded one of Kenya's first private garbage collection and waste management companies soon after returning from Canada, an early-mover venture that introduced him to Nairobi's procurement world and seeded later businesses.