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This week President Uhuru Kenyatta tours Nyanza, which never voted for him in his two-term presidency, but is now central in his legacy and succession plans.
In contrast, it comes at a time he has lost traction with yet another key voter bloc – the North Rift – which helped him win his stay in office. Balancing between the two blocs posed a similar dilemma to Uhuru’s father, first President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.
From the beginning to the end of his 15-year presidency, Jomo Kenyatta had to play a balancing act between two of...
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