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Mt Kenya has a new kingpin in Rigathi Gachagua

Kenya Kwanza presidential running mate Rigathi Gachagua accompanied by Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru during campaign rallies in Kirinyaga County, July 22, 2002.  [Mose Sammy, Standard]

A few months ago, there was a theory that the Mt Kenya region would be a battlefield in this year’s General Election. This has been proven wrong again and again by many opinion polls.

Many Kenyans are now wondering how an outgoing king can lose control of a region so miserably. There are few things that have made Mt Kenya part ways with President Uhuru Kenyatta and support the Kenya Kwanza Alliance wholeheartedly.

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