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Discord rocks Rift Valley as local leaders fight for Ruto's attention

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Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen and Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei. [File, Standard]

The recent threat by Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen to take legal action against Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei for alleged defamation has exposed the infighting and political skullduggery in Rift Valley as local leaders jostle for President William Ruto's eye.

Murkomen, through his lawyers, demanded in a letter to Cherargei, that the Nandi Senator apologise over his public remarks that the CS had received a bribe from a Chinese company between June and October this year following his visit to China.

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