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Bid to reconcile Governor Mwangi wa Iria and Senate Deputy Speaker Kemb Gitura political camps in Murang'a County flops again

Former Cabinet Minister Charles Rubia addresses the Murang’a County Assembly. He chairs the county’s Council of Eminent Persons that is trying to reconcile leaders. (PHOTO: BONIFACE GIKANDI/ STANDARD)

Efforts to reconcile warring leaders in Murang’a County have hit a snag after a section boycotted a reconciliation meeting organised by the county’s Council of Eminent Persons.

All appeared well when the group chaired by former Nairobi mayor and minister Charles Rubia brought together the leaders, who have for the past three years been on each others necks, to a luncheon last month. The agenda was to forge unity among the leaders following prolonged political bickering.

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