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National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi joins worshippers at St. Paul’s ACK Cathedral in Embu town on Sunday, May 30, 2021. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]
That the Mount Kenya political elite are pulling in opposite directions is no longer in doubt.
Riding on the uneasy energy of sub-regional power-and-control rivalry, the tug-of-war threatens to alter the character of politics in the Mountain region ahead of next year’s General Election. The question is how far the rivalry could go, and with what political outcomes for the fortunes of the region and the country.
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