UDA hits back at Gachagua over letter to IG Kanja
UDA) has hit back at former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua following his letter to Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has hit back at former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua following his letter to Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, in which he demanded action against individuals he claimed were threatening violence ahead of the upcoming Mbeere North Constituency by-election.
In a letter addressed to the former DP dated Thursday, November 13, UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar Hassan dismissed Gachagua’s claims as baseless and driven by imagination.
“We acknowledge your latest public outburst, packaged as a solemn letter to the Inspector General of Police. Foremost, the claims and allegations as well as the names dropped in your letter, including the alleged ‘close associates’ of UDA Chairperson and Embu County Governor Cecily Mbarire as well as Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku, only exist in your pregnant imagination,” the letter read.
Omar argued that Gachagua’s letter lacked facts and resembled a satirical drama script, suggesting that the former DP was trying to shift blame as his political fortunes declined.
“Strikingly, the letter reads more like a satirical drama script, so miserably emaciated on facts and bloated on innuendo. Your desperate, diversionary offensive against the National Police Service and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission exposes the predictable floundering of a political personality whose career is appallingly collapsing under the weight of a publicly documented history of misdeeds,” the letter continued.
Omar further accused Gachagua of having a long-standing record of divisive politics, disrespect for leaders, and association with acts of political violence.
He claimed the former Deputy President’s past conduct has left a trail of controversy and misconduct that cannot be ignored.
“The nation has a long memory of how before impeachment and after, you have routinely utilized abusive, insulting and offensive language against leaders who have rejected your polarizing political rhetoric.
“Your public record is exceedingly punctuated by a gruesome tally of political thuggery, violence, looting, and yes, the deeply embarrassing invasion and plunder of the sheep of a former Kenyan Head of State, which remains a permanent emblem of your personal character,” the letter added.
Taking aim at Gachagua’s recent remarks alleging threats to his safety, Omar said the claims were both absurd and ironic.
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He questioned Gachagua’s motives for campaigning in Mbeere North for a candidate from another party while his own party, the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP), lacked a candidate in the race.
Omar went further to challenge Gachagua to address allegations of fraud involving a purported parliamentary candidate in Mbeere North.
According to the UDA SG, the DCP Party leader is facing demands from locals to refund money allegedly taken under false pretenses during a nomination process.
Omar also defended the ruling party’s candidate in the upcoming by-election, Leo Wamuthende, describing him as law-abiding and widely supported in the area.
He also accused Gachagua of attempting to drag Wamuthende into his personal political drama to deflect from his own alleged failings.
In his letter to Kanja on Wednesday, November 12, Gachagua raised alarm over widely circulated social media videos showing individuals issuing threats of violence ahead of the November 27 polls in Mbeere North.
He identified specific individuals he claims are threatening violence, including Simon Njagi Njiru (alias Gitundu wa Gitundu), Josiah Kariuki Ngari (alias Mtetezi Puff), and Susan Nyaga, among others.
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