Rigathi Gachagua vows to expose Mt Kenya ‘traitors’ by name
Rigathi Gachagua vows to expose Mt Kenya 'traitors' by name
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has vowed to begin naming and shaming Mount Kenya leaders whom he accused of ‘betraying the community’.
Gachagua spoke during a church service at Ambassador of Christ Church in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, where he claimed there was a concerted plot by the Kenya Kwanza government to divide the Mount Kenya region through the formation of smaller political vehicles to scatter votes.
According to Gachagua, President William Ruto aimed to achieve this by using his allies from the Mount Kenya region – a move which the former DP vowed to quell.
“Let us agree on what I will do. Wherever I go in Mount Kenya, I will be calling out the traitors by name so that people know them. Whether you are a man or a woman. We will tell our people who the traitors are so that the President doesn’t finish this community,” Gachagua said.
The former DP specifically called out Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru, whom he claimed had plans to form a political party ahead of the 2027 polls.
Waiguru, who is in her second term as governor, is intent on switching to a Senatorial race since she cannot serve a third term as governor.
“I know Waiguru has been told to form a party. That is a wheelbarrow,” he asserted in a thinly veiled attack on Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru. “If you see that party, know it is a wheelbarrow.”
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Waiguru has not made her plans public and is yet to issue a response to the claims made by Gachagua.
He went further to warn women leaders in the region not to expect sympathy if they are part of what he sees as a betrayal of the community.
“Our women leaders, those of you betraying our community, we will deal with you as traitors,” Gachagua said. “There is no distinction between men and women. A traitor is a traitor.”
While citing the government’s decision on rice imports, Gachagua blamed the impasse between the state and rice farmers on the silence from Kirinyaga leaders, who he claimed had the power to stop rice imports.
People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua was also present at the church service on Sunday, dismissing any claims of opposition discontent, saying that all opposition leaders shared an agenda and a frontman to rival President Ruto for the top job in 2027 would be announced soon.
Gachagua’s remarks came just a day after he accused Ruto of double standards following the President’s meeting with KANU party leader Gideon Moi.
On Saturday, Gachagua specifically expressed frustrations over what he termed a clear double standard by Ruto and the latter’s divisive political mobilisation in the country.
He lamented over the constant criticism he always faces when he attempts to mobilise the Mt Kenya region, in which he is often labelled as a tribalist for trying to unite the central Kenya region.
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