Battle taken to the skies with 50 helicopters listed

Residents of Kiritiri at Umau Stadium in Mbeere South admire helicopters that had ferried Maendeleo Chap Chap leader Alfred Mutua and Embu Senator Lenny Kivuti during a recent political rally. (Photo: Joseph Muchiri / Standard)

President Uhuru Kenyatta and the National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate are among politicians who own some of the 50 helicopters registered by civil aviation authorities.

And the battle for the August 8 elections will clearly be fought in the skies if the number of choppers seen in major public events, including political rallies, is anything to go by.