Former Laikipia Governor Nderitu Muriithi [File-Standard]

On August 8, Ndiritu Muriithi drove into Nyahururu’s town square in a convoy of several vehicles and announced to a 3,000-plus cheering, placard-waving crowd his bid for Laikipia governor’s seat on the little-known Kenya Reform Party (KRP) ticket.

Lasting barely three hours, the event may have looked modest and never made the front pages of the local dailies.

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