[Courtesy]Politicians eyeing the presidency in the forthcoming 2027 General Elections have been warned to treat the slippery Mount Kenya region with caution. The Mukurweini MP argued that Mount Kenya also has a strong ability to mobilize voters during general elections, particularly when it feels threatened or sidelined. “That is the day the voting bloc started shifting towards William Ruto and that was quite early,” he observed. He said President Ruto benefited from a similar political strategy now being deployed in Mount Kenya by his former deputy Rigathi Gachagua. “When William Ruto, who was not really a son of Mt Kenya, was chased away, the people of the mountain revolted.

Source: Standard Digital January 20, 2026 13:06 UTC