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Talk of Uhuru’s 2022 PM plan triggers fresh political frenzy

President Kenyatta during the burial of former Local Government Cabinet Minister and multi-party democracy champion Charles Rubiaat Karigu-ini in Murang’a County on Monday. [File, Standard]

The debate triggered by former Jubilee Party Vice Chairman David Murathe that President Uhuru Kenyatta could consider running for the Prime Minister (PM) position has thrown the political arena into a frenzy.

Murathe had alluded that given the proposals of Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report which suggested that the leader of the majority party in the National Assembly would take the premier position, then Uhuru was better placed for the post.

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