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Intolerance wave spirals as leaders draw daggers in referendum row

Nandi County Chief of Staff Timon Kosgei is wheeled to the Kapsabet District Hospital for after he was attacked at a rally.

A stiff-necked Governor, rebellious County Assembly, conspiratorial area leaders and the suffering people — this is the unfolding story of troubled county of Makueni.

On Tuesday, the county took the spiraling wave of political intolerance in the country to  new levels with the shooting of Governor Kivutha Kibwana’s bodyguard, chief of staff, a county orderly, a pastor and a former area councilor during a gunfight involving county officials.

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