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Why MCAs could give bankrupt, mteja MPs a run for their money in 2017

Nicholas Mburugu, the MCA for Nkuene Ward, Imenti South (Meru County) with his Range Rover Sports in Meru town Photo: Courtesy

Members of the County (MCAs) Assembly are the new kids on the block. Unlike MPs who have perfected the art of disappearing from their constituencies to Nairobi and become mteja, MCAs are lords of village manors.

And yes, they are the love of the electorate at the grassroots, because they are always available.

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