Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has warned that the Mt Kenya region risks losing political influence and development opportunities if it abandons President William Ruto in his re-election bid. Waiguru reiterated her earlier claim that the community risks spending up to 30 years outside government if it turns against an administration it helped bring to power. Speaking during a community empowerment forum in Laikipia East, Waiguru maintained that Ruto was on course to secure a second term in office and urged the Mt Kenya electorate to reconsider calls for a one-term presidency. She argued that the opposition’s fragmentation, lack of a unified presidential candidate and internal divisions made it unprepared to mount a successful challenge against Ruto in 2027. Waiguru said the region risked isolating itself politically by joining an opposition whose leaders, she argued, had yet to agree on a common direction, while other parts of the country were consolidating their support for the President. “I have done my calculations, and I can tell you without fear or favour that William Ruto is going to be re-elected President for a second term. We are being misled as a community that we have eight million votes and can determine everything on our own. The President has traversed the country, and his support has grown across the counties,” she said. The governor, who said she regularly enga...
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