Nyeri Town Member of Parliament (MP) Ngunjiri Wambugu has maintained that there is no leadership gap in Mt Kenya region as some having been claiming.
The lawmaker's sentiments come after reports went round that there were plans to install Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mwangi Kiunjuri as President Uhuru's successor.
The firebrand lawmaker noted that it is premature to start politicizing about who should lead the region yet President Uhuru is still capable,even after his second term ends in 2022.
''I don’t think we can have a conversation about any of the leaders we have in this term taking over,” he said as quoted by The Star.
While speaking to the media on Friday, Ngunjiri said that CS Kiunjuri should now focus on his mandate at Agricultural docket because under Uhuru,the Mt Kenya leadership is intact.
“Right now unless Kiunjuri is telling us that there is a gap in the leadership of the region, he shouldn't be talking about succession. There is no gap,” Wambugu said.
According to him, the leadership of a region is not something one is forced to,but happens automatically.
He further likened Uhuru to former President Daniel Moi who is still a respectable leader even after he (Moi) retired in 2002.
“Let’s think about Moi for example. Moi has been out of the leadership of the Kalenjin community for more than two decades but people still troop to his house to go and seek direction on issues regarding the region,” he said.
He added, “I think for us to assume that immediately after Uhuru stops being the president he will stop being the leader of the region is a bit naïve.”