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A section of Embu leaders from left Manyatta MP John Muchiri, gubernatorial aspirant Kithinji Kiragu and County Secretary Raymond Kinyua in a show of solidarity after a press conference at an Embu hotel after the aborted county Jubilee Party officials’ elections on December 13, 2016. (PHOTO: JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD)
A gubernatorial aspirant in Embu County who has been a key loyalist and supporter of Jubilee Party has quit in a huff, citing the botched nomination of interim officials.
Kithinji Kiragu who is perceived as one of the key contenders on Friday announced that he was leaving the party, a few days after he registered and paid Sh100,000 as an aspirant for the position of the governor on its ticket.
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