Mt Kenya politics couldn’t get more confusing and complicated than it currently is.

Ironically, calls for the region to unite that initially elicited derisive criticism and condemnation as tribalism have now borne divisions whose chasms are wide enough to split the mountain.

The latest move to endorse Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki as leader of Mt Kenya East came as a shocker to many. This is the man who Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua beat in the run-up to the 2022 elections to become Ruto’s running mate. Kindiki has been critical of unity calls perpetuated by Gachagua, which he has dismissed as tribal and outdated.