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Faya si faya: DP Kindiki humbles Gachagua in Mbeere North battle

Mbeere North UDA Candidate Leonard Wamuthende casts his vote at Siakago Social Hall Polling Centre in Embu County.[DCPS]

Deputy President Prof Kithure Kindiki had put his political reputation on the line when he decided to lead the UDA campaigns for the Mbeere North MP-elect Leonard Wamuthende.

For some time, the DP and former DP Rigathi Gachagua had flexed muscles over who between them was more popular in Mount Kenya politics, and a loss for the UDA candidate in Mbeere North—Kindiki’s Mt Kenya East turf—would have dealt his stake a critical blow.

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