By NATION TEAM More by this AuthorDivisions are emerging in the Mt Kenya region, after four Central Kenya governors and three Cabinet secretaries met in yet another search for the region's kingpin after the exit of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Among those present was Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe — one of those viewed as a possible Mt Kenya spokesman as the hunt for Uhuru Kenyatta’s successor gathers pace. In addition, Central Kenya is for the first time grappling with the prospect of missing out on the country’s top leadership after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s exit in 2022. REGION’S SPOKESMANIt has since emerged that the main agenda of the Embu meeting was to discuss who will inherit President Kenyatta's mantle. “We must say that we, as Mt Kenya leaders, have a cardinal responsibility that the fate of the region lies in the hands of the leadership and the public and we must think and speak as one people going forward, not as splinter groups or political camps but as Mt Kenya region,” he said.

Source: Daily Nation July 21, 2020 08:00 UTC