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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.
He has failed, terribly, in his succession politics; Mt Kenya voters responded with an emphatic "NO!" to his pleas to them to support his favourite presidential candidate; former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, and overwhelmingly supported Mr Kenyatta's erstwhile bosom friend turned nemesis-Deputy President William Ruto.
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