Ndindi Nyoro endorsement as Ruto’s successor unsettles DP Gachagua
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Ndindi Nyoro defends self after politicians allied to DP Gachagua attack him over supremacy battle on preferred Ruto's successor
Ndindi Nyoro defends self after politicians allied to DP Gachagua attack him over supremacy battle on preferred Ruto’s successor.
Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro caused political ripples this week when he brought together leaders from Eastern, Central, Rift Valley and Nairobi to Kiharu where they declared him the most ideal successor to Ruto.
However, Nyoro has clarified his position after politicians attending a function in Murang’a County endorsed him as their preferred successor to President William Ruto.
This is after Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s lieutenants reacted angrily to the declaration by at least 10 politicians from the Mt Kenya region, who branded him a rabble-rouser.
One of these lieutenants is Mr Martin Warui, chair of the ‘Mt Kenya Million Plus for Gachagua’ lobby group.
Tearing into Mr Nyoro, Mr Warui said: “It is ambitions taken too far for a mere MP to start thinking of dislodging a deputy president from prominence and proximity to power. Before we can think of Mr Nyoro as a successor to the throne, we should first ask Mr Gachagua whether he has blessed him.”
He further asked Mr Nyoro “to cease confusing Mt Kenya and the country … and accept that Mr Gachagua is the point of reference in all matters Mountain”.
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In his reaction, the Kiharu MP said: “It wasn’t me … will not be me … confusing the country about the composition of our government.”
Mr Nyoro added that his bursary function that took place in Murang’a on Wednesday was not aimed at his endorsement for any kind of succession.
“The function, which sought to lessen parents’ fees burden in public day and boarding schools to Sh3,000 annually, was non-political. I was not for politics in that event since politicians and politics have a way of going overboard to a point of stealing the show.”
Mr Nyoro said he acknowledges that the government of Kenya, for now, is led by Dr Ruto and Mr Gachagua.
At the bursary function, trouble started when Murang’a Senator Joe Nyutu announced that “it is Murang’a’s turn”.
“We had the first and fourth presidents from Kiambu County. The third president was from Nyeri”,” he said. “The deputy presidency has now gone to Nyeri, bypassing us. We are now saying it is Murang’a turn through Mr Nyoro.”
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