Genesis of Mt Kenya’s rebellion against President Kenyatta
President Uhuru Kenyatta. When he implored his Mt Kenya supporters in 2013 to embrace William Ruto as his potential successor, he had unwittingly officiated a covenant even he could not break.
In his campaigns in the Mt Kenya region, Dr Ruto's running mate Rigathi Gachagua was categorical that "of all the people we can wilfully surrender ourselves as a region, Mr Odinga remains a political problem".
