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Can Natembeya succeed where others failed in uniting the Luhya nation?

DAP-K Deputy Party Leader and Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya with supporters during a Nairobi press briefing on August 12, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

At Kiritu in Sabatia Sub-County, a section of elders drawn from the Maragoli, Bunyore, and Tiriki communities gathered to perform a ritual with enormous political undertones.

Presided over by Christopher Govedi, the ceremony saw Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya endorsed and handed the mandate to unite the Luhya ahead of the 2027 General Election.

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