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Race for Maa vote heats up ahead of 2027 polls

Kajiado Senator Seki Lenku Ole Kanar is the national chairman of Rigathi Gachagua's DCP. [File, Standard]

With the 2027 General Election on the horizon, the battle for the 1.4 million Maa vote has begun in earnest.

Without a unifying political figure since the death of veteran politician William Ole Ntimama - the de facto Maasai community kingpin in 2016 - and that of former Cabinet Minister Joseph Nkaissery in 2017, the scramble for one of Kenya's most influential voting blocs has taken centre stage.

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