Why installation of Johana Ng’eno as Kipsigis elder is causing jitters in Rift Valley
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Emurrua Dikirr MP Johana Ngeno being installed as a Kipsigis community elder and spokesperson in Kipsinge in Sotik Constituency, Bomet County on March 28, 2024.
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Vitalis Kimutai | Nation Media Group
Kipsinge is the same place Ruto was installed in a similar manner 19 years ago.
Installation has a bearing on 2032 succession politics in President Ruto’s backyard.
Last week’s installation of Emurrua Dikir MP Johana Ngeno as an elder of the Kipsigis community, the largest Kalenjin sub-tribe, has thrown succession politics in the Rift Valley region into a spin.
In what is believed to be a quest for political blessings amid a sustained pushback by the likes of Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot, the coronation is sure to rattle the region’s political bigwigs.
