Mt Kenya elephant in the room: Is voter apathy the understated 2022 decider?

Shelmith Wangui 88, being assisted by Ephantus Mahinda to go and cast her vote in the 2017 General Election in Kahiga Village in Tetu, Nyeri County. [File, Standard]

Oftentimes unbelievable voter turnout in the Mt Kenya region works for the leading candidate.

The region witnesses elaborate take-out-the-vote campaigns and this has been perfected from 2007 re-election of the late Mwai Kibaki and taken a notch higher by Uhuru and Ruto campaigns in 2013 and 2017.