For the first time, National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has come out to defend the Kikuyu council of elders that installed him as Mt Kenya spokesman. Muturi told leaders from Mt. Kenya west comprising the Kikuyu community to support him in his new endeavor as a way of uniting MT Kenya east and MT Kenya west. Muturi while addressing the Ameru professional caucus in Tharaka Nithi said it was now time for someone from Mt. Kenya east to be backed by the Mt. Kenya people. He made the remarks just a day after some Meru leaders threatened to craft a new party that will represent Mt. Kenya east.