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Kiraitu Murungi tastes defeat for the first time in long-standing political career

Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi during a Council of Governors meeting in Nairobi on December 20, 2021. [David Njaaga, Standard]

After 30 years of conducting the Meru political orchestra, Kiraitu Murungi has tasted defeat for the first time.

Faith Kawira Mwangaza, the Woman Representative of Meru County, is the competitor who's handed Murungi his first defeat.

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