Mt Kenya leaders plotting Uhuru succession

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President Wiliam Ruto with former President Mwai Kibaki when they called on him at his Nyari office, Nairobi

The vote-rich Mt Kenya region is undergoing a silent realignment as local leaders ponder a post-Uhuru Kenyatta era.

If he wins a re-election in 2017, the President will leave office in 2022 after serving the maximum two terms as per the dictates of the Constitution. But even with the President’s grip of the region intact, the race to succeed him as the regional king remains wide open, pundits say.