It’s a cat-and-mouse game as Joho and Kingi fight for Coast

Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi (right) consuts with his counterpart from Mombasa Hassan Ali Joho (left).

Barely a week after Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi met a host of Coast MPs, his Mombasa counterpart Hassan Ali Joho has convened his own meeting with MCAs from across the region.

The happenings appeared to be a tit-for-tat that was spiraling out of control until ODM party leader Raila Odinga intervened when he hosted the two governors in Nairobi last week. Initially, Joho had invited the MCAs to Mombasa on Friday, a meeting that was called off after the Raila meeting.