Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua went bare knuckle against President William Ruto and pledged to work with all Kenyans to ensure he is a one term president.
He Monday joined opposition politicians Kalonzo Musyoka and Eugene Wamalwa during the unveiling of the latter’s new DAP Party headquarters in Nairobi.
“We are part of this team and will walk this journey together to liberate this country,” Gachagua said.
“We will make whatever sacrifices necessary to make sure William Ruto is a one-term president.”
Gachagua challenged Kenyans to stand up against Ruto, whom he accused of being “intolerant” and “dictatorial” in the face of the former DP’s purported protest against some of the policies the President wanted to implement such as unpopular tax hikes which eventually sparked deadly nationwide street protests.
“The government he leads is a one-man show. He wants his way and all those ministers you see there are flower girls.
I was the only one who could stand up to him and say, hey boss, this can’t work,” he said.
“It is a praise-and-worship choir and I could not fit in it.”
He was responding to Ruto’s last week attack on him.
Ruto branded Gachagua corrupt, tribal and incompetent.
Gachagua hit back and said the Ruto administration is the most corrupt.
Musyoka on his part rallied Kenyans to be vigilant and take note of all public utterances Ruto and officials in his government make which could potentially spark ethnic tension.
“Document every careless statement and forward them to the International Criminal Court; that is the only language William Ruto understands,” said Kalonzo.
“Kenyans are amazing people, if you want to isolate the (Mt Kenya region), the people will report you for crimes against humanity and follow it up to its conclusion.”
Gachagua has recently been forging alliances with political leaders he was previously opposed to, especially since his ouster from the government.
Last weekend, he met Martha Karua, the NARC Kenya party leader who challenged the Ruto-Gachagua presidential ticket as Raila Odinga’s running mate in the 2022 polls.
Gachagua, bearing gifts (goats, sheep, and farm produce – a selection symbolic in Kikuyu culture) visited Karua at her home in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County, where they two vowed to recruit more political allies to “liberate” the country and challenge Ruto’s “dictatorship”.
He has also held a series of meetings with leaders from various sectors at his Wamunyoro home in Nyeri County, which he has termed consultative as he designs his political future.
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