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No love lost: How Uhuru fell out of favour with his Mt Kenya region

Uhuru Kenyatta addresses religious leaders drawn from the Mt Kenya region during a non-denominational service at State House Nairobi in July 2022. [PPS]

In 2010, former Kangema MP John Njoroge Michuki made a remark that calmed divisions that were emerging over the political direction of Mt Kenya region.

By this time, a daughter and son of the soil, Martha Karua and Peter Kenneth, had started campaigning for the presidency and confusion had ensued.

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