In the 2013, 2017, and 2022 presidential elections, top contenders had a clear numerical advantage, enjoying near-fanatical support in key vote-rich regions such as Mt Kenya.
The major players are now making strategic moves to balance their numbers in a fierce scramble for support across the country.
Party leaders
Eugene
Wamalwa
(DAP-K), Kalonzo
Musyoka (Wiper)
and Martha
Karua (People’s
Liberation party)
with former
Deputy President
Rigathi Gachagua
and Mukhisa
Kituyi during the
launch of PLP
at their offices
in Nairobi on
February 27
/DOUGLAS
OKIDDY
Unlike the last three consecutive presidential contests
— in which leading contenders boasted a tyranny of numbers — the 2027 battle is
shaping up as an entirely different
and uncertain scenario.
In the 2013, 2017, and 2022 presidential elections, top contenders
had a clear numerical advantage, enjoying near-fanatical support in key
vote-rich regions such as Mt Kenya.
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