Nairobi, March 24 -- The depression in a politician following an election loss in 2022 has led to the creation of a new happiness club in Kenya - and a happiness course at a local university.

Mr Kiraitu Murungi did not see his loss coming in the Meru governorship race in the last General Election.

As he told Nation, he had "no Plan B because I thought I was winning".

But Ms Kawira Mwangaza garnered a commanding win and Mr Murungi, who was eyeing a second and final term, came third after Mwangaza and Mithika Linturi, now the Agriculture Cabinet Secretary.

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Mr Murungi spent days brooding. Putting two and two together. Wondering how it all went wrong.

As h...