Embu Governor Mbarire fights shadows in broad daylight, wailing, 'Come, baby come'

Embu Governor Cecily Mbarire when she appeared before the Senate Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations Committee at Bunge Tower on February 10, 2025 deliberating on the low expenditure on development in the County Government of Embu in the Financial Year 2022/2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Embu governor, Cecily Mbarire, warned no one should take her "hivi hivi," when she delivered her Madaraka Day address in Embu. With every hair in place, the calm lady delivered a diatribe that dipped in and out political innuendo, switched from English to Kiswahili and Kiembu and back, all in under three minutes!

She issued and retracted threats, cajoled her enthused crowd for support, then restated her firm standpoint as a regional power baroness. Hear her: "Mimi mnajua mimi ni chairperson wa UDA party," she started, wagging a finger. It was an interesting introduction, given this was a national event, not a party affair. But this was a firm self-introduction. She is, indeed, the chairperson of the ruling party, UDA.