Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho has unveiled a university lecturer, William Kingi, as his running mate for the August elections. Like their coastal colleague, Governor Kinuthia Mbugua and his opponent for the Nakuru race, Lee Kinyanjui, also named university lecturers Peter Ketyanya and Erick Korir respectively as their deputies. Judging by the number of governors who fell out with their deputies during the current term, it is understandable that gubernatorial aspirants are running away from politically agile deputies. This culminated in frosty relationships where many deputy governors had their offices locked and their cars withdrawn. The deputy governors in the next election period will be glorified secretaries and speech writers at best.

Source: Standard Digital May 29, 2017 04:41 UTC