Raila facing Mt Kenya as region hosts swing vote

ODM leader Raila Odinga (second from right) with Nominated MP Maina Kamanda (left), Nyandarua Governor Francis Kimemia and Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi (second from right). [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

With less than 20 months to the end of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s final term, a battle for the soul of his Mount Kenya stronghold has begun in earnest.

And ODM leader Raila Odinga is upping his ante for the vote-rich region.