The scramble by political bigwigs for Central Kenya votes has triggered confusion in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s backyard, threatening the BBI fortunes in the crucial region. The Star has established that positioning by the country’s top political leaders ahead of the 2022 general election has sparked major alignments and realignments in Uhuru’s backyard.
There are fears that the lack of a clear region successor after the President exits next year has also opened a vicious battlefront among the region’s heavyweights seeking to pull strings after Uhuru. Information gleaned from interviews with a couple of leaders from the President’s home turf, painted a picture of a region whose leaders are embroiled in politics of individual survival.
