Former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya was well primed to run for the Meru Governor seat in 2022, but then he had a change of heart.

Riding on a hugely successful tenure as Agriculture CS during which he presided over beneficial reforms on tea, coffee and other areas, Mr Munya was well positioned to recapture the seat he had lost to former Governor Kiraitu Murungi in 2017, a loss he had contested in court.