Coast kingpin? Joho mobilises governors, MPs to solidify bloc

Mining and Blue Economy Cabinet Secretary Ali Hassan Joho. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]

Within two weeks, Mining and Blue Economy Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho has convened two high-profile ‘consultative meetings’ of Coast politicians in what appears to be a strategy to secure endorsement as the region’s political kingpin.

Notably absent from both meetings was Sports Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya, who appears to have been edged out by Joho as President William Ruto’s point man at the Coast.