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Intrigues that saw Nyoro and allies drop scheme to replace Gachagua

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DP Rigathi Gachagua flanked by Governor Irungu Kangata, MPs Ndindi Nyoro (Kiharu), Edward Muriu (Gatanga), and Sabina Chege (Nominated), among others, at a fundraiser in Kigumo, Murang'a on February 10, 2024. [DPCS, Standard]

Details have emerged on how Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro and his team were politically subdued to abandon their push to have him replace Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in 2027.

In a campaign that now seems to have been built on quicksand, Nyoro's team led by Murang'a Senator Joe Nyutu and Gatanga MP Edward Muriu crumbled when President William Ruto read a riot act to the leaders under the Kenya Kwanza administration, especially the youthful ones, asking them to focus on service delivery and avoid politics.

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