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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The planning of the event is at an advanced stage and the team is awaiting President Kenyatta\u2019s approval to announce the date but reports claim it was scheduled for January 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a meeting this weekend in Nairobi to finalise\u00a0the\u00a0Sagana convention\u00a0which will bring together both elected and government officials from the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also targeting grassroots leaders since it will not be a one-day event,\u201d revealed a government official involved in the preparations for the meeting.<\/p>\n

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\"President<\/div>\n
President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives at Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri for a meeting on November 15, 2019.<\/div>\n
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During the meeting, the president is set to galvanise his Mt Kenya base as the BBI process enters the crucial stage.<\/p>\n

“The kind of momentum we are going to gather after the president\u2019s meeting will surprise many. We have been quiet but we are now determined to go full throttle. You just wait and see,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n

The event, dubbed Sagana 2, is a follow-up to a\u00a0similar event held in 2019\u00a0where\u00a0the attendees were\u00a0frisked and phones were confiscated to ensure nothing leaked from the meeting.<\/p>\n

Uhuru is also expected to address the perceived opposition the BBI has received in his backyard.<\/p>\n

The president has been trying to beef up\u00a0his support base in\u00a0embracing the constitutional amendment.<\/p>\n

Ruto has been making inroads in the region with Mt Kenya politicians who support him raising dissenting voices against the referendum.<\/p>\n

So far, two of Uhuru\u2019s allies have raised concerns about the risk of the BBI being rejected in Mt Kenya.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang\u2019ata, in a controversial letter, expressed\u00a0his reservations that\u00a0the document was likely to face challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour Excellency, I concede I may be wrong. In fact, I wish I was wrong and that my views are a mere pessimistic view of things. However, if I am right and we do not take urgent remedial measures, I will pin myself permanently in the pillar of the shame of spectacular defeat,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Kirinyaga Governor\u00a0Anne Waiguru argued that the BBI is a political process and thus ought to have been spearheaded by people who command sufficient influence in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I wish them all the best, I must remind them and their appointers that BBI is a political process and if it is not led by people the community recognises as political influencers, it will have challenges, and that is the nature of politics,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: The planning of the event is at an advanced stage and the team is awaiting President Kenyatta\u2019s approval to announce the date but reports claim it was scheduled for January 30. \u201cWe have a meeting this weekend in Nairobi to finalise\u00a0the\u00a0Sagana convention\u00a0which will bring together both elected and government officials from the region. \u201cWe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":21403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[136],"class_list":["post-21402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-uhuru-kenyatta"],"yoast_head":"\nDetails of Uhuru's Planned Mega Event With Mt Kenya Leaders - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The planning of the event is at an advanced stage and the team is awaiting President Kenyatta\u2019s approval to announce the date but reports\" \/>\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\/details-of-uhurus-planned-mega-event-with-mt-kenya-leaders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Details of Uhuru's Planned Mega Event With Mt Kenya Leaders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The planning of the event is at an advanced stage and the team is awaiting President Kenyatta\u2019s approval to announce the date but reports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/details-of-uhurus-planned-mega-event-with-mt-kenya-leaders\" \/>\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=\"2021-01-24T20:26:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/Uhuru-hat.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"235\" \/>\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\/details-of-uhurus-planned-mega-event-with-mt-kenya-leaders#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/details-of-uhurus-planned-mega-event-with-mt-kenya-leaders\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Details of Uhuru’s Planned Mega Event With Mt Kenya Leaders\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-24T20:26:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/details-of-uhurus-planned-mega-event-with-mt-kenya-leaders\"},\"wordCount\":421,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/details-of-uhurus-planned-mega-event-with-mt-kenya-leaders#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/Uhuru-hat.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Uhuru Kenyatta\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/details-of-uhurus-planned-mega-event-with-mt-kenya-leaders#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/details-of-uhurus-planned-mega-event-with-mt-kenya-leaders\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/details-of-uhurus-planned-mega-event-with-mt-kenya-leaders\",\"name\":\"Details of Uhuru's Planned Mega Event With Mt Kenya Leaders - 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