Inside titanic battle for control of influential business lobby

KNCCI president Richard Ngatia meets delegates from the Coast region in Malindi earlier this month as he seeks re-election. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]

Businesses are usually wary of elections. Right from national to the ward level, elections have a way of, at the very least, disrupting businesses.

But this time round, many businesses are all ears and eyes. This is as members of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) go to the polls to choose new county and national leaders.