Over 2,000 Njuri Ncheke elders have announced their support for Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki as their point man and link to President William Ruto and his administration.
The declaration is the latest blow to hit Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua who has been running a campaign to rally the region behind him through his unity calls.
Gachagua being the second in command would have been expected to be the automatic link to the president and the region’s point man as far as soliciting for projects from the government is concerned.
The move by Mt Kenya leaders and the elders to rally behind Kindiki now throws the DP into a treacherous path in his bid to be the region’s kingpin.
While endorsing Kindiki, the elders said Kindiki has passed the Njuri Ncheke test for leadership.
They urged him to work with Ruto and bring development to the region as is the case in other parts of the country.
“We the Njuri Ncheke elders from the counties of Meru and Tharaka Nithi have gathered here in Njiru to say that Kithure Kindiki who has a cordial working relationship with our President William Ruto is our favourite," Njuri Ncheke chairman Adriano Aruyaru said.“Today Njuri Ncheke in their numbers have endorsed him as our kingpin and spokesman. He will be our link as Mt Kenya East to President William Ruto.”
