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Nyoro ouster could be a wider scheme for the 'mountain'

Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro was removed as chairman of the National Assembly Budget Committee. [File, Standard]

Kenya's political stage thrives on drama, but the recent spotlight on Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, the former Budget Committee chairman, hints at something far more deliberate. Behind the scenes, I see a well calculated strategy.

Nyoro has been a known performer and his prudent management of NGCDF is an open book which has seen his colleagues troop to Kiharu for a lesson or two. The sudden criticism of his role thus feels more like choreography. The goal? To position him as a counterforce to Rigathi Gachagua's influence in Mt Kenya, a region whose unity propelled the current government to power but now seems to be considering other options.

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