We’ve no cars, but we’ll cycle our way to power

Muruguru Ward aspirant Simon Muturi 25, at Nyeri National Polytechnic during the county elections Board on 23 March, 2017. Nine member team was appointed to oversee the party primaries which is scheduled to take place on 21 st April. [Photo: Kibata Kihu/Standard]

In the high stakes game that is Kenyan politics, wealth and success are synonymous. Aspirants do not shy away from flexing their financial muscles, blowing their poorer rivals off the race.

But as aspirants of means invest millions of shillings on high powered public address systems, glossy posters and long fleets of branded vehicles, two youthful hopefuls are doing it the humble way.