Mt Kenya leaders line up new parties in Uhuru succession

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria. He is linked to Transformation National Alliance Party (TNAP). [File, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s political base is going back to the basics as leaders from the region rush to register new political parties with the hope that this will catapult them into national limelight when his term ends.

In what looks like a question of who makes it to the political registrar’s office first, the leaders are, in anticipation of a complete collapse of the Jubilee Party, looking to have their ducks in a row as cracks continue to emerge within the ruling party.