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Succession politics in Mt Kenya dominate Muthoni Kirima burial

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DP Rigathi Gachagua speaks during the burial ceremony of Muthoni Kirima at Kinunga Stadium, Nyeri, on September 22, 2023. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

The burial ceremony of liberation heroine Muthoni Kirima was reduced to a theatre of political showmanship between government-allied leaders and those from the opposition, with Mt Kenya region succession politics also taking centre stage.

The leaders tore each other apart with those in government castigating their opposition counterparts for what they described as using violence as a platform to demand for talks to enter government through the back door.

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