Hii ni Bhangi Mbichi.
Eti Nyeri kikuyus are close to Merus?
Nyeri kikuyus like Kiambu original homeland is just muranga - the middle of them
Mathira kikuyu are a little different - learning to Kirinyanga
Northern Nyeri in Tetu had lot of Maasai Dorobo - just Kiambu Kikuyus.
Proper kikuyu is Muranga.
Kirinyanga is mix of Kikuyu and Embu - Ki-ndia, Gichugu, etc - small tribes. Mathira would be part of it. Gachagua is Mathira.
After that Kirinyangas are close to Embu.
Embu mixed with Kambas - Mbeere
Embu mixed with Merus - Chukas/Tharaka - Kindikis.
Then Merus proper - who are now Chuka/Tharaka/Embu like people mixed with Samburus/Maasai.
Kibaki support in Meru & Embu was happenstance.
Kibaki was friend of Mwiraria - Mwiraria was his finance PS I think
So DP was formed - Kibaki had few friends in Meru and Embu.
Kiraitu and Gitobu had no time for Kibaki's DP - so they went to Ford-K.
After 92 elections- Merus & Embus from coffee/tea growing regions - more affluent - went to kibaki
As those in drylands - remained with Moi's KANU
Gachagua is a Kikuyu from Nyeri. Nyeri Kikuyus are very close to Merus. Even closer to Merus than to Kiambu Kikuyus.
Kindiki does not have to stand against Gachagua. If the MPigs ompeach Gachagua and the Senate upholds it, then Kindiki has won the battle for the moment. Kindiki will never win over the Kikuyu vote. That is not even the intention of Ruto. He wants to split the Merus and Embus from the Kikuyu.
Nchuri Ncheke, is RiggyG a Meru or is it the wife? Does Kindiki stand a chance against him?