The third-term lawmaker has taken a middle ground in the raging politics that threatens to tear Kenya Kwanza and Mt Kenya apart, ending its decades-hold of political supremacy. But other observers hold that it is not easy to get a replacement for the vote-rich Mt Kenya bloc. “You cannot replace Mt Kenya vote with Nyanza where the turnout is averagely 58 per cent,” Prof Gitile Naituli said. He argued that Gachagua’s constant claims that he moved the Mt Kenya needle in favour of Ruto and talk of Mt Kenya shareholding in the Kenya Kwanza administration was no more than blackmail and high-octane arrogance. The grand question, pundits say, is; will the real Mt Kenya leader or Deputy President stand up?

Source: The Star October 13, 2024 05:20 UTC