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Uhuru turns to vernacular to stamp authority in Mt Kenya

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru are shown an artistic impression of Thiba dam on October 18, 2021. [Muriuki Mugo, Standard]

As President Uhuru Kenyatta seeks to consolidate an already divided Mt Kenya region ahead of next year’s polls, he has increasingly switched to using vernacular to communicate to the people and stamp his authority as the region’s political kingpin.

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