Jubilee Party Deputy Leader Fred Matiang’i has vehemently rejected accusations from Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale that he is to blame for the challenges of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), instead attributing the issues to the current administration's "incompetence." Matiang'i asserted that the curriculum itself is not flawed, but rather its implementation by the present government.

• Matiang’i explicitly stated, "The real mess we are witnessing today is not the curriculum itself, but the gross incompetence with which the administration he serves has managed the education sector."
• The dispute arose after Duale's remarks on Citizen TV's JKLive, where he accused Matiang'i, a former Education Cabinet Secretary, of "messing up" the CBC.
• Matiang’i referenced concerns raised by National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah about alleged ineptitude within the Ministry of Education.