Council of Elders: Kindiki is Meru spokesman

Accompanied by other elders, Njuri Ncheke Secretary General Phares Ruteere addresses a gathering at Gatunga Secondary school in Tharaka constituency on February 5. [PHOTO: ISAAC KATHARE /STANDARD]

The Meru Council of Elders has insisted that the Senate Majority Leader Kithure Kindiki is the only recognised Meru spokesman.

Speaking at Gatunga Boys Secondary school during a fundraiser for the newly established Chuka University Tharaka campus, Secretary General Phares Ruteere said the Tharaka Nithi senator had united the Tharaka Nithi and Meru counties.