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Kisii: Intrigues as big names angle for governor post

Politician Don Bosco Gichana greets a congregation during her mother's memorial service mama Celine Nyaboke at their Marani home in Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo/Standard]

The return of Don Bosco Gichana from a Tanzanian prison and his address at the Gusii Stadium last week brought to the fore the political jostling among Kisii’s young politicians.

With their eyes trained on the county’s governorship, the 2022 elections is shaping up to be a battle of money, family standing and clanism. The region is slowly shading off the old and patriarchal political generation that dominated Kisii’s political landscape for years.

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