A select list of 15 vote-rich counties could hold the key to next year's presidential contest between Deputy President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga, making them hotbeds of political campaigns in the countdown to the August 2022 polls.
An analysis of the two most recent presidential elections shows the 15 counties made all the difference between the ruling Jubilee Party's double wins and the opposition coalition's losses, indicating their huge bearing on next year's polls if past voting patterns are replicated.
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