Kiraitu Murungi keen on 'decent exit' as challengers plot his poll defeat

Governor Kiraitu Murungi when he graced Athwana Education Day that celebrating top performers in last year's KCPE at Karumo Technical Training Institute. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

Meru Senator Mithika Linturi and Woman Representative Kawira Mwangaza are each determined to wrestle the governor seat from Kiraitu Murungi.

A bruising contest is shaping up as Mr Linturi and Ms Mwangaza escalate their campaigns against Kiraitu, one of Kenya’s veteran politicians.

This comes at a time when the Meru governor, who has the longest uninterrupted term for an elected leader, has said he needed to make a decent exit after seven terms.