Deputy President William Ruto's timely intervention notwithstanding, the vicious infighting within his political camp escalated to the battle for the soul of the hustler nation.
Ruto convinced Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria to withdraw his Peoples Empowerment Party (PEP) candidate from the Kiambaa mini-poll, but the bitter taste this left in Kuria's camp further stoked the war of words.