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President Ruto cancels Embu visit as fingers point at hostile ground

President William Ruto met with architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, bankers, manufacturers, industrialists and Jua Kali representatives at State House ahead of Mashujaa Day whose theme will be housing. [PCS]

Mt Kenya region is increasingly growing restive as the backlash against leaders perceived to have spearheaded the impeachment motion against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua continues to be felt.

The Standard has established that President William Ruto on Saturday cancelled his visit to Embu where he was expected to preside over the 34th diocesan anniversary celebrations at the St Mark’s Teachers Training College, Kigari.

The President, according to the sources, was supposed to visit the church in July but he called off the event after the Gen Z protestors announced that they were occupying churches. His visit was postponed to coincide with today’s anniversary celebrations.

Although sources at State House maintain the meeting was called off because it clashed with the President’s schedule, other sources indicate that his last-minute cancellation was to allow the heat generated by Gachagua’s impeachment to cool off.