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MP's colourful, yet unremarkable past

One of the most remarkable people to come out of the old Meru County is Bernard Mate, represented the vast area known as Central Province in colonial times.

It comprised what is today Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Embu, Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Murang’a, Kiambu and Laikipia counties.

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