Chief Justice Emeritus and presidential hopeful David Maraga has shut down Kenyans who insist that he should be seeking support from his backyard, Kisii and Nyamira Counties.

Speaking during an interview with KTN News on Sunday night, Maraga termed the pronouncements tribal, something he said he would fight during his tenure as Kenya's sixth president.

Describing the trend as ethnic balkanisation, he claimed that it has cost Kenya good leaders, as Kenyans tend to vote along tribal lines. "Some people are saying I should go to Kisii and Nyamira and get the support from them.

That is one of the things that I'm going to fight.