Kenya: Rift Valley Leaders Divided Over Purge of Key Ruto Allies

A section of Jubilee Party senators and MPs from the Rift Valley -- Deputy President William Ruto's political bastion -- are divided over the ruling party's purge, which has seen some of the DP's key allies kicked out of plum leadership positions.

Five of the seven Senators who voted against the axing of Kithure Kindiki as Senate Deputy Speaker face a political onslaught from lawmakers perceived to be leaning towards President Uhuru Kenyatta as the 2022 succession politics take centre stage.

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