Mt Kenya ponders life after Uhuru as parties re-emerge

Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria addresses the media during a past function. He is among politicians forming new political parties as the region prepares for 2022. [File, Standard]

Political temperatures in Mt Kenya are rising as the race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta gains speed.

Cleaned out by Jubilee Party which merged with majority of the smaller parties in the region in 2017, the political scene in the region is once again crowding with parties eyeing a share of the expected spoils in 2022.