Former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary and The Service Party (TSP) leader Mwangi Kiunjuri is the only bigwig who survived the UDA onslaught...
Kenya Kwanza has more micro-party allies in Kikuyu-speaking areas (Moses Kuria's Chama cha Kazi (CCK) William Kabogo's Tujibebe Mwangi Kiunjuri's The Service Party) and a late pro-Ruto entrant in Kamba areas in Alfred Mutua's Maendeleo Chap Chap but none have guaranteed seats...
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The former justice minister and National Rainbow Alliance party leader teamed up with Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria whose Chama Cha Kazi was until recently seen as an affiliate of Ruto's United Democratic Alliance; and former agriculture minister Mwangi Kiunjuri now fronting The Service Party also linked to Ruto...
Names suggested as Ruto's running mate include National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi former Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria and Murang'a Governor Mwangi wa Iria...
Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru and Nakuru's Lee Kinyanjui were among the Central Province leaders who joined Odinga in Nakuru town last week; other Kikuyu leaders such as former Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria and Narc-Kenya leader Martha Karua are insisting on regional negotiations with the leading presidential candidates...
The policy of arresting or demoting politicians allied to Ruto – such as sacked former agriculture minister Mwangi Kiunjuri Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwa who was sacked from the parliamentary budget committee chairmanship and Kithure Kindiki who was removed as senate deputy speaker – has stoked anger against the government and sympathy for Ruto among some in the region (AC Vol 61 No 12 Uhuru takes it out on his party)...
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri – thought to be a possible Ruto running-mate in 2022 and a vocal critic of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) – was the main victim in a government reshuffle in January...
Others were 'briefcase parties' – little more than one-person shows – previously registered by Kenyatta's supporters such as Tourism Minister Najib Balala and Planning Minister Mwangi Kiunjuri...
Instead Uhuru sent his Devolution Minister Mwangi Kiunjuri to read out a speech warning governors that corruption mismanagement and infighting threatened to derail the devolution process...
Those that the Court says facilitated these and subsequent meetings were close Kenyatta allies including Kikuyu former Member of Parliament Lewis Nguyai; Kenyatta's then personal assistant Njee Muturi; the former Lakipia East MP Mwangi Kiunjuri; and the late George Thuo a businessman former Juja MP and close Kenyatta ally...
