Three meetings held in Mount Kenya to lay strategy for the presidency

A section of Mt Kenya leaders at Lusoi Resorts in Nyeri, during their Nyeri 1 leaders meeting ahead of next year's General Election. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Leaders from Mt Kenya including six governors, a Cabinet Secretary and a host of MPs have given the clearest indication yet that the region is likely to field a presidential candidate in next year’s polls.

The coming together of 1,000-odd delegates in Nyeri signalled the region’s determination to have a say in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s succession race which is already gathering steam.