Nairobi, Kenya, January 28- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has pledged to do everything in his power to prevent President William Ruto from securing a second term in office. Speaking on Monday, January 27, 2025, at the DAP-Kenya headquarters in Nairobi, Gachagua declared that he would rally resources and allies to ensure Ruto\u2019s presidency ends after one term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gachagua accused President Ruto of being a major obstacle to Kenya\u2019s progress, alleging that State House has become a hub of corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the press briefing, Gachagua criticized his former boss, dismissing Ruto\u2019s claims that he was impeached due to corruption and incompetence. He clarified that the only “incompetence” he accepts responsibility for was his refusal to blindly agree with the President\u2019s decisions, particularly his shift away from the promises made during their campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe only incompetence I own is standing firm against being a yes man and insisting that the President honor the campaign manifesto we promised Kenyans. Instead, he took offense and orchestrated my removal,\u201d said Gachagua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former Deputy President, who was impeached less than two years into office, also accused Ruto of surrounding himself with a compliant cabinet that lacks the courage to challenge him. Gachagua likened the cabinet to a \u201cpraise and worship team\u201d and \u201cflower girls\u201d who merely follow orders without queestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gachagua made these remarks during the launch of DAP-Kenya\u2019s new offices, an event attended by key opposition leaders, including Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and former Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa.
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Nairobi, Kenya, January 28- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has pledged to do everything in his power to prevent President William Ruto from securing a second term in office. Speaking on Monday, January 27, 2025, at the DAP-Kenya headquarters in Nairobi, Gachagua declared that he would rally resources and allies to ensure Ruto\u2019s presidency ends after one term. Gachagua accused President Ruto of being a major obstacle to Kenya\u2019s progress, alleging that State House has become a hub of corruption. During the press briefing, Gachagua criticized his former boss, dismissing Ruto\u2019s claims that he was impeached due to corruption and incompetence. He clarified that the only “incompetence” he accepts responsibility for was his refusal to blindly agree with the President\u2019s decisions, particularly his shift away from the promises made during their campaign. \u201cThe only incompetence I own is standing firm against being a yes man and insisting that the President honor the campaign manifesto we promised Kenyans. Instead, he took offense and orchestrated my removal,\u201d said Gachagua. The former Deputy President, who was impeached less than two years into office, also accused Ruto of surrounding himself with a compliant cabinet that lacks the courage to challenge him. Gachagua likened the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2254,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238\/revisions\/2254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}