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Party leaders battle rebellion, defiance ahead of 2022 elections

Former Kakamega Senator Dr. Boni Khalwale. [File, Standard]

The fierce competition stoked by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s succession appears to have taken a tall on major parties. The parties’ leaders have been left fighting to quell rebellions that threaten their presidential bids in the next elections.

A year into Uhuru’s final term, a strong political wave of rebellion and defiance has rocked the country’s main formations, but the party leaders have dismissed the onslaughts as being spearheaded by money-hungry politicians.

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