Writer Nation Media Group Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has continued to find himself on the receiving end with allies of President William Ruto slaying him for promoting ethnic politics while holding a national office. Some of President Ruto’s allies from the Western region now want the country’s second in command to resign and wait for 2027 to contest as a governor in his Nyeri backyard. This comes amid fireworks in the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party that has divided allies of Ruto and Gachagua who are trading barbs on their social media platforms and in public gatherings.
Since he declared to unite the Mt Kenya region and fashion himself as the region’s kingpin, championing his one-man, one-vote, one-shilling campaign, Mr Gachagua has found himself in the bad books from many of the UDA members from his Mt Kenya backyard, and other parts of the country. Some of the agitated UDA members have taken a dig at the DP claiming he grabbed the opportunity to deputise President Ruto from Interior Cabinet Secretary Kindiki Kithure. Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa on Saturday, asked Mr Gachagua to respect the honour he was accorded by Dr Ruto because he is serving in a position belonging to Mr Kithure.
The MP dared the DP to resign if he felt uncomfortable working under President Ruto, and wait for 2027 to give a stab at the Nyeri governor’s position. “We shall not accept to be taken back to the route that led Kenya to the 2007 post-election violence by leading .
