Legislators meet in Naivasha to seek ways of reaping maximum benefits from Kenyatta's reign

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria (right), Nominated MP Maina Kamanda (second right) and other leaders during the Mt Kenya retreat in Naivasha on 29 October 2018. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

For two days, about 70 legislators with roots in the Mount Kenya region met in Naivasha for closed-doors talks where President Uhuru Kenyatta's succession, the upcoming boundaries review, and impeding national census took centre stage.

The leaders' debate on who the region would back post-Uhuru's presidency in 2022 was said to have been thwarted amid claims that the topic had been vetoed from high offices.