President Uhuru Kenyatta sat by and watched his Mt Kenya bastion slip away

President Uhuru Kenyatta during the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) virtual special summit at State House, Nairobi. [PSCU]

When President Kenyatta ascended to power in 2013, one thing was crystal clear. He was the undisputed kingpin of Mt Kenya region. He bestrode the region like a colossus casting his influence over the entire region. His word was law and those who went against him paid a heavy political price.

Ten years down the lane, he casts an image of a dejected leader forlornly staring in the face of unprecedented rejection in his Mt Kenya region.