Mt Kenya kingpin debate leaves diaspora vote confused

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Interior CS Kithure Kindiki at Kenya-Somalia border post in Mandera ahead of Kenya-Ethiopia-Somalia trilateral meeting that will bring peace and trade between the three countries on May 11,2023. [File, Standard]

The increasingly complex and divided Mt Kenya region kingpin debate has thrown its diaspora vote into confusion as succession politics take center stage in major political events.

This follows the emergence and public declaration of Prof Kithure Kindiki as Mt Kenya's kingpin by a section of the region's lawmakers to rival Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.