By Munene Kamau
Due to the prevailing supremacy battle between Kirinyaga County Governor Joseph Ndathi and the Kirinyaga central MP Joseph Gitari, two parallel Jamhuri Day celebrations will be held this morning.
Mr Gitari will hold his at the Kerugoya Stadium while Mr Ndathi will be at the Kutus Primary School grounds.
Kutus town is the designated county headquarters and is where the governor’s offices are situated.
Traditionally, the two leaders would hold joint celebrations at the Kerugoya Stadium but going by events in the recent past, it is now official each will hold his own.
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The bitter rivalry between the two played out openly on Mashujaa Day held at the stadium when Gitari and his supporters stormed out of the venue as Ndathi was making his speech.
The heckling supporters of the MP followed him to the corner of the stadium where he started addressing them while Ndathi was left at the dais with senior civil servants and his equal number of supporters.
Arising from the incident, the County celebrations organising committee decided that its celebration be held at the County headquarters in Kutus town.
