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Mt Kenya governors snub regional senators' bid to consolidate power in readiness for 2017 poll

When local leaders met to consolidate the voting bloc in the three Mt Kenya East counties of Embu, Tharaka-Nithi and Meru last Sunday, it was expected all regional political luminaries would be on board.

However, the conspicuous absence of key governors in the meeting could be a pointer to underlying political tensions in the region, especially because it was at this meeting that the “Nkubu declaration” announced the region’s political direction.

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