{"id":20412,"date":"2021-01-07T20:43:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=20412"},"modified":"2021-01-07T20:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T20:43:37","slug":"kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022","title":{"rendered":"Kiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> First time visitors to Meru town do not understand why posters with the message the \u201cCrocodile is still in the river\u201d are emblazoned on taxis.<\/p>\n

The crocodile is a sign of the battle for the governor\u2019s seat in 2022.<\/p>\n

Governor Kiraitu Murungi is confident he will retain the seat.<\/p>\n

But Woman Rep, Kawira Mwangaza, who has declared interest in the governor\u2019s seat has warned Kiraitu of a bruising battle in 2022.<\/p>\n

However, the governor has maintained that he is not a pushover.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cTell them I am not going anywhere. The crocodile is still in the water,\u201d Kiraitu said, pointing to the water projects he has initiated since he unseated former Governor Peter Munya in the 2017 election. He warned those attempting to cross the river that it has a crocodile.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crocodile is still in the river. Those who are coming to cross or drink the water should know the crocodile is in there!,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But Mwangaza dismissed Kiraitu saying the crocodile is as good as dead. \u201cHe (Kiraitu) said Kawira should be told that the crocodile is still in the river.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said it several times. But I say as a child of Meru, that this crocodile in the water is as good as dead,\u201d Mwangaza said.<\/p>\n

She said the crocodile must die, for residents to be able to cross the river.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the crocodile in the water, how will the children cross to attend school, and how will someone go to the farm on the other side?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to remove the crocodile in the water with our prayers and votes. The crocodile must get out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Transformations<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Mwangaza beat Florence Kajuju in the 2017 elections, Kiraitu is an experienced politician who was first elected South Imenti MP on a Ford ticket, in 1992.<\/p>\n

Whether Mwangaza, a political greenhorn, can get the crocodile out of the water, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

\u201cKiraitu is the master politician, and is credited with some of Kenya\u2019s major political transformations. He served as Justice Minister and headed other ministries.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Mwangaza\u2019s popularity among the rural poor is growing especially because of her Okolea programme which assists the vulnerable. If Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Munya also throws his hat in the ring we have a battle royale on the cards,\u201d said Dennis Muthomi.<\/p>\n

If Munya decides to vie for governorship, he will give Kiraitu a run for his money because he enjoys massive support in the vote-rich Nyambene region.<\/p>\n

Though the Building Bridges Initiative could throw a spanner in the works,\u00a0the CS\u00a0has in the past said though he was focusing on his Agriculture docket, he will contest for governorship in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am on a short break. I will be coming back,\u201d Munya said.<\/p>\n

One of his backers is East Africa Legislative Assembly MP Mpuru Aburi, who\u00a0often\u00a0accompanied Munya during whirlwind tour of Meru, to market the agricultural reform laws.<\/p>\n

Aburi, who hails from Tigania East Constituency, said the CS was the best bet for governor.<\/p>\n

\u201cKiraitu is going home and Munya is coming back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: First time visitors to Meru town do not understand why posters with the message the \u201cCrocodile is still in the river\u201d are emblazoned on taxis. The crocodile is a sign of the battle for the governor\u2019s seat in 2022. Governor Kiraitu Murungi is confident he will retain the seat. But Woman Rep, Kawira Mwangaza, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":20405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[364,1292],"class_list":["post-20412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-364","tag-kiraitu-murungi"],"yoast_head":"\nKiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022 - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First time visitors to Meru town do not understand why posters with the message the \u201cCrocodile is still in the river\u201d are emblazoned on taxis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First time visitors to Meru town do not understand why posters with the message the \u201cCrocodile is still in the river\u201d are emblazoned on taxis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-07T20:43:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kiraitu_lays_strateg5ff34db9b9365.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-07T20:43:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022\"},\"wordCount\":517,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kiraitu_lays_strateg5ff34db9b9365.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2022\",\"Kiraitu Murungi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022\",\"name\":\"Kiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022 - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kiraitu_lays_strateg5ff34db9b9365.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-07T20:43:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"First time visitors to Meru town do not understand why posters with the message the \u201cCrocodile is still in the river\u201d are emblazoned on taxis\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kiraitu_lays_strateg5ff34db9b9365.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kiraitu_lays_strateg5ff34db9b9365.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022 - kenya","description":"First time visitors to Meru town do not understand why posters with the message the \u201cCrocodile is still in the river\u201d are emblazoned on taxis","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022","og_description":"First time visitors to Meru town do not understand why posters with the message the \u201cCrocodile is still in the river\u201d are emblazoned on taxis","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-01-07T20:43:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kiraitu_lays_strateg5ff34db9b9365.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Kiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022","datePublished":"2021-01-07T20:43:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022"},"wordCount":517,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kiraitu_lays_strateg5ff34db9b9365.jpg","keywords":["2022","Kiraitu Murungi"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022","name":"Kiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022 - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kiraitu_lays_strateg5ff34db9b9365.jpg","datePublished":"2021-01-07T20:43:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"First time visitors to Meru town do not understand why posters with the message the \u201cCrocodile is still in the river\u201d are emblazoned on taxis","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kiraitu_lays_strateg5ff34db9b9365.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kiraitu_lays_strateg5ff34db9b9365.jpg","width":800,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kiraitu-lays-strategy-to-upset-political-rivals-ahead-of-2022#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kiraitu lays strategy to upset political rivals ahead of 2022"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}