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kaka2za wrote:segemia wrote:kaka2za wrote:Baratang wrote:bubethi wrote:kaka2za wrote:People of Mt Kenya are are not so eager about exercising power.It is mainly about protecting their economic interests which they perceive to be under threat.
They will come out to vote regardless of who is opposing RAO. Voter turn out will most likely drop to below 50% when RAO quits politics. Agree to this 100% as was the case during Moi-era elections.  Do not lie to yourselves. During the Moi era 1978 to 1988 the Mt Kenya region rarely averaged more than 30% on turn out because open rigging was the order of the day. Come 1992 and the turn out rose slightly above 35% during the first multiparty elections and the Matiba wave. It remained constant or somewhere there about up until 2002 where there were two opposing camps from the same region. In 2002 the average turn out was about 50% and this reigned in 2007 elections which became a game changer in Mt Kenya region. In 2013, equiped with the memories of 2008, the average turn out short to 85%. In 2017 elections the average turn out was around 85%. The supreme court has just introduced another reason for mountaineers to beat their own turn out record. You can rest assured that the turn out will clock 95%. It may seem far fetched but, it will be the case. Even if baba quits politics the turn out will still be high mainly because of the devolved political competitions. Most mountaneers vote to stop Kimundu. Turn out may hit the ceiling this time. @Kaka...I will tell you something for sure. Raila was very popular in Mt Kenya region right upto 2008. The mess he created during 2008 PEV will always work against him as a person in as far as mountaineers are concerned for as long as he will be seeking to be elected to the high office. In case you may not be aware a certain ward in Kiambu (I can't remember which one) elected a Luo MCA. I didn't say Kikuyu's hate Luos.They only fear RAO.He always talks about lowering house rent(which his supporters understand to be no rent at all),land repossession and other anti business rhetoric. This is what drives the anti-kimundu sentiment. To them,RAO presidency means poverty and suffering akin to what the community suffered during the Mau Mau uprising. Mountaineers do not fear Raila. It is his policies and intentions that they hate. What they hate most about him is his crooked mind of wanting the mountaineers to be confined into around the mountain. He said that in 2007 during the 41 against 1 song and repeated the same in 2017 in Kajiado.
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