President William Ruto and his former deputy Rigathi Gachagua are embroiled in a fierce battle for control of politics in Kajiado County.
The President's camp seems alarmed by a wave of defections towards Gachagua who is fighting hard to wrestle to his side more than 460,000 voters in the cosmopolitan county.
The former Deputy President last Monday held a meeting with a section of leaders from the county, in what was considered as a strategy of laying the foundation ahead of 2027.
According to Daniel Kachori, former Olosirkon Shoringe Ward MCA, who attended the meeting held at Wamunyoro farm in Nyeri County, the meeting was just the start and will be followed by a series of similar gatherings. ''If you don't make your own laws you will be a slave to another's.