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Emerging pro-Gachagua youth movement unsettles security chiefs in central Kenya

There are fears that this new network of supporters of the former deputy president may clash with members of the disbanded Mungiki sect, who are now allied to the government. [...]

Published on 07/02/2025 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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