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CS vetting: Meet Mr Controversy Mithika Linturi

CS nominee for Agriculture Mithika Linturi with President William Ruto. [File, Standard]

Mithika Linturi the 53-year-old nominee for William Ruto's Agriculture docket is by any description a controversial but also very colourful politician with a penchant for exceeding expectations.

Controversial is the word that has marked his public life in three parliamentary terms since he made a debut as Igembe South MP on a Kanu ticket in 2007. He set the political scene ablaze when he proposed a Vote of No Confidence motion against then powerful Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru in 2015.

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