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Wamunyoro has become a place of political pilgrimage, Daily Nation columnist writes

Since Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment, his Nyeri village has drawn a steady stream of leaders bearing gifts, a Daily Nation column observes.

Rigathi Gachagua October 2023 (cropped)
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Kenya has found its navel in Wamunyoro, a village in Mathira, Nyeri County, writes John Mwazemba in a Daily Nation weekend column.

When MPs impeached Rigathi Gachagua, the columnist notes, they did not foresee that his home village would become a place of pilgrimage for political leaders, and the traffic of visitors in recent days has been considerable.

The column opens with Democratic Action Party of Kenya leader Eugene Wamalwa arriving at Gachagua's Wamunyoro residence with a bull, and reads the scene through the literature of pilgrimage, according to Daily Nation.

Source: Daily Nation

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