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No longer at ease: Calls for Kuria sacking grow as public spat with Gachagua deepens

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Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria. [PCS]

The public spat between embattled Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has exposed the soft underbelly of Mt Kenya politics and started a battle in the President's party many fear could snowball into an all-out war.

Whereas it was borne out of the recent remarks on the rise in fuel prices and the skyrocketing cost of living, the war of words point to a brewing power struggle.

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