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Power merchants in 2022 succession

Pointmen: Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli, former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth and Senator James Orengo at his Kajiado home last weekend. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

From President Jomo Kenyatta to Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki, every succession cycle has heralded merchants of power at whose beck and call politicians rise or fall.

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