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President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto at the KWS academy in Manyani, Taita Taveta, October 16, 2020. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]
Next Thursday’s Kiambaa parliamentary by-election has yet again provided another battleground for Jubilee Party and the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) to flex their political muscles ahead of the 2022 General Election.
Going by the last-minute heated campaigns by both Jubilee’s Kariri Njama and UDA candidate Njuguna Wanjiku, the contest appears to be too close to call. At play in the bare-knuckled competition is a quest by Deputy President William Ruto’s allied Tanga Tanga MPs from Central Kenya to test their influence in the region. Both Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria and Rigathi Gachagua (Mathira) are angling to be Ruto’s point men.
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Ndungu Gachane |
January 30th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
A section of MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto. [David Njaaga, Standard]
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s allies have dismissed a letter penned by a section of Mt Kenya leaders criticising the president over his leadership.
Responding to Jubilee’s Tanga Tanga faction letter, the MPs from the Kieleweke wing accused their colleagues of undermining the president.
In the letter signed by 41 legislators from Mt Kenya, Nairobi and Rift Valley allied to Deputy President William Ruto, the MPs decried what they termed as poor state of the economy, betrayal of the DP, political persecution and Uhuru’s Handshake with ODM leader Raila Odinga.