Gachagua Warns Ruto as Impeachment Talks Gather Steam

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has called on President William Ruto to keep his house in order and shun betrayal politics currently rocking the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party.

Particularly, he asked President Ruto to keep his promise of ensuring his deputy is not humiliated adding that if he cannot keep that promise, then he will not be trusted to keep any other.

Speaking at a church service at Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa (PEFA) Church in Thika Town, Kiambu County, the DP therefore challenged the Head of State to ensure his critics do not humiliate him. 

“I would like to ask my boss President William Ruto to be cautious and do the right thing and let’s keep our house together. Let us not be disruptive and let us not re-introduce the politics of betrayal,” he cautioned.

President William Ruto with his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua at State House Nairobi.

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He added that President Ruto is the greatest beneficiary of the people of Mt Kenya’s distaste of betrayal and as such, he should avoid the politics of betrayal.

It comes as there are allegations of a faction of UDA legislators scheming to impeach the deputy president.

Gachagua, seemingly pricked by the current state of affairs, warned the president that should he take the path of betrayal politics, there would be consequences.

“Our people hate betrayal and they are very unforgiving if you betray them. I ask my brother not to be tempted to go in that direction because these people will be very unforgiving,” Rigathi Gachagua asserted. 

He further reminded the president that there was an attempt to betray him in the former regime but the people stood with him to express their displeasure of betrayal.

“I would like to request the president to put his house in order so that we can deliver for the people. And if there is a problem in a home, the father of the homestead can still down and resolve pressing issues with his family,” he added.

Gachagua also cautioned that betrayal politics is a threat to the unity of the UDA party. “I want to caution the direction that is being taken of dividing our UDA house. If the house collapses it will not be remade again,” he observed.

The deputy president hinted that some people outside the party want the party to be broken in order to serve their political interests. 

Gachagua noted the people of Mount Kenya played a crucial role in electing the Kenya Kwanza Government so they should be respected.

President William Ruto (center) and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua (left) at UDA offices in Nyeri.

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