Mt Kenya leaders hold meetings to unite voting bloc

Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria addressing the press outside his office after he distributed free sanitizers. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Politicians in Mt Kenya region are holding meetings in their respective backyards to boost their chances of succeeding President Uhuru Kenyatta.

With an estimated six million voters in the mountain region, politicians in the past two weeks have been holding strategy meetings with their allies, and making new friends as they seek to consolidate the voting block ahead of next year's General Election.