The Mt Kenya Times 
Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro
By: Joseph Mutua Ndonga
Worth Noting:
- Ndindi’s political star was on the other hand rising very fast. I have been listening to the views of the Kikuyus living in Githurai and in my rural area.
- Well, DP Gachagua curves a niche of being a truthful and a God-fearing man. So, with due respect, I want to let him know this.
- Majority of them do not believe in him. To drive the point home, they would revisit his previous utterances and history.
- You heard him likening Kenya to Shareholding Company. This was a reckless statement. They would also fault him for picking a war with Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja. His statement was divisive, callous and designed to put the Kikuyus into a collision course with rest of the Kenyan communities.
I have been following the politics of the Mount Kenya with keen interest because of two main reasons.
First, this resonates with my work as a writer and political analyst/commentator.
Secondly, I hails from this region. I come from Mioro village in Mathioya, Muranga county. Currently, I’m residing in Githurai Nairobi.
For now, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro are the leading contenders for Mount Kenya kingpin.
Though Gachagua is arguably the senior-most leader, the recent developments have shown that his popularity was dwindling.
Ndindi’s political star was on the other hand rising very fast.
I have been listening to the views of the Kikuyus living in Githurai and in my rural area.
Well, DP Gachagua curves a niche of being a truthful and a God-fearing man. So, with due respect, I want to let him know this.
Majority of them do not believe in him. To drive the point home, they would revisit his previous utterances and history.
You heard him likening Kenya to Shareholding Company. This was a reckless statement. They would also fault him for picking a war with Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja. His statement was divisive, callous and designed to put the Kikuyus into a collision course with rest of the Kenyan communities.
This is because Nairobi is the home to all the 45 communities of Kenya.
Others would allege that Gachagua was only considering his home county of Nyeri for state appointments.
Some would recall the alleged ‘ills’ associated with him when he served as a ‘special’ District Officer (DO) during the era of President Daniel Arap Moi.
It is also worth noting that Gachagua was not the preferred choice of the majority of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) leaders from the Mountain for the position of the running mate. The final decision however lied with presidential candidate William Ruto. He settled on him.
Given this scenario, one would have expected Gachagua to immediately start healing the wounds after being sworn in as DP. It is widely believed that one year down the line he has failed to do this.
The Kikuyus opposed to him would aver that Kiharu MP Ndindi is the most suitable candidate to lead the Mountain.
Apart from being youthful and well educated, he is a development conscious leader and a unifier.
Besides, he has never been implicated in corruption or any other wrong-doing.
Ndindi’s track record of development in Kiharu is there for all to see.
The MPs and other elected leaders are travelling there for bench-marking.
The other day a renowned opinion poll firm rated him as the best performer in the country. This is on matters of development.
Matters of education are close to his heart. Ndindi have done a lot in terms of building new state-of-art classrooms and renovating the old ones.
He has also been spending part of money he receives from National Exchequer to build TVET colleges.
National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) is one of the kitties.
He moved a step further when he initiated a school feeding programme for the students in all day secondary schools in Kiharu constituency.
Dozens of MPs from across the country who attended this event showered him with praises.
Ndindi has demonstrated he is a servant of the people.
This places him as the best-suited to take up the mantle of Mount Kenya kingpin. We are definitely going to drum up support for him so that he can clinch the seat, most of the speakers stated.
Ndindi steered clear of this topic.
He did this a few days a go when he hosted a similar event. This time Ndindi, who was being flanked by 15 members of parliament, commissioned a new programme.
In this, the NG-CDF funds will cater for the school fees of the students in day schools in Kiharu. The parents will only pay Sh1,000 per term.
Again, speaker after speaker, showered him with accolades.
Those who had attended the earlier events stated: We told you that Honorable Ndindi Nyoro is a good, caring and down to earth leader.
As a pioneer, we have been inviting him to come to our regions to help us rollout similar projects. He is still ahead of us.
What lesson do we learn here? He is larger than life. Besides steering Mount Kenya to success and prosperity, he has the qualities of a national leader. You never know, he may succeed President William Ruto when he completes his two terms of 10 years in 2032.
At this juncture, allow me to say this. The opinion of the Mount Kenya residents particularly the Kikuyus is divided.
There are those who believe that former President Uhuru Kenyatta is still holding the mantle of kingpin.
For others, Uhuru is no longer a king. His tenure came to an end when he retired as the President.
They would also aver that he failed to champion their interest when he was at the helm. So, he cannot turn around and cast the image of holier-than-thou.
So, if he fall prey to those misleading him, we will once again shame him.
But supporters of Uhuru would argue that Ndindi and Gachagua will not go anywhere without his backing. They should look for Uhuru. The one who gets his nod will become the kingpin. But majority of them would prefer Ndindi to take up the mantle.
Joseph Mutua Ndonga Is A Writer And Political Analyst Based In Nairobi
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