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Ruto's Mount Kenya problem deepens as his deputy's authority falters

The president’s costly election strategy is unnerving both the ruling party and its opponents

After concluding that he can win a second term without the votes of central Kenyan votes that his predecessors relied on, President William Samoei Ruto is banking on alliances with western and coastal power brokers. But the scale of his party's defeat in Ol Kalou on 16 July, and doubts over whether Deputy President Kithure Kindiki can deliver a region he was appointed to shore up, point to a costly trade-off, given the concentration of business leaders in Mount Kenya.

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