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Talk of one-man one-vote stirs up the hornets' nest in the Rift Valley

DP Rigathi Gachagua. Leaders say Gachagua’s support for equitable allocation of resources is insincere. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s support for equitable allocation of revenue and electoral seats to his Mt Kenya backyard has stirred up the hornets’ nest with some community leaders terming his declaration as “theatrics of a desperate political juggler.”

Pundits and grassroots community leaders say that the DP was walking a political tightrope in UDA where he was being fought by a team...