Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Meru yesterday
By MKT Correspondents
Worth Noting:
- The former DP said President Ruto was behind the scheme to have Koome hounded out of the office, just a few months after he supported his impeachment which came a few months after another son of Meru, former Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi was sacked.
- Gachagua spoke during a church Slservice at AIPCA, St. Joseph’s KK Garu church, Antubetwe-Kiongo Ward, Igembe North constituency in Meru County.
- At the same time, he criticised the leadership of Meru community for their continued silence even after the planned ouster of the CJ.
- The former DP hit out at the Meru County leaders for focusing on politics other than development and allowing the demotion and persecution of the region’s leaders.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua yesterday warned President William Ruto against engineering the removal of Chief Justice Martha Koome from office.
Gachagua told his former boss that if the move to oust Koome, which he said he was hatching materialised, then he would be persona non-grata in the CJ’s home county of Meru.
He said he would lead Kenyans in demonstrating against such action.
The former DP said President Ruto was behind the scheme to have Koome hounded out of the office, just a few months after he supported his impeachment which came a few months after another son of Meru, former Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi was sacked.
Gachagua spoke during a church Slservice at AIPCA, St. Joseph’s KK Garu church, Antubetwe-Kiongo Ward, Igembe North constituency in Meru County.
At the same time, he criticised the leadership of Meru community for their continued silence even after the planned ouster of the CJ.
The former DP hit out at the Meru County leaders for focusing on politics other than development and allowing the demotion and persecution of the region’s leaders.
He noted that the Chief Justice was being persecuted for her hard stand and warned that her removal from office will be met with picketing and demonstrations.
“If the scheme is successful, I want to tell the President not to dare set foot here in Meru,” he said to the applause of hundreds of the faithful who had attended the church service.
Further, he told the Meru community that they should be ready to defend one of their own by using means such as demonstrations.
On the ongoing purge of his allies from lucrative positions in Parliament, Gachagua who was accompanied by some of them criticised the Head of State for punishing the region despite their support in the 2022 General Election.
He also lashed out at the current Deputy President Kithure Kindiki for using public resources to mobilise and parade people in his Karen residence instead of focusing on ground development.
Revisiting the economic forum engagement the Kenya Kwanza government rode on during the campaign, the former deputy president has said that the government should be focusing on implementing the promises they pledged but instead are now having development consultations to ask for the challenges of the county.
He as well asked the leaders to talk about Miraa, water and other developments in the country while ensuring that all promises pledged are kept.
He reiterated that a political party the region will be expected to use to seek power in the next General Elections would be unveiled in May addind that he was confident that the new party will have more than 120 Members of Parliament.
Some of the leaders who accompanied the former DP were his spouse Pastor Dorcas Kirinyaga County Women Representative Njeri Maina, Nyandarua County Senator John Methu and several upcoming leaders from Meru County.
The leaders condemned the government’s lack of commitment in addressing ills facing the country, telling Kenyans to be the hope alive as the next administration will fully cater for their needs.
Gachagua’s sentiments immediately received criticism from various leaders and bloggers who told him to trend carefully on threats to the Head of State.
Among those who voiced their concerns were Cabinet Secretary for Interior Kipchumba Murkomen who wondered why the former DP was producing a tribal card in defending a public official.
Mogotio MP Reuben Kiborek also hit out at the former DP saying he was trying to please the judiciary so that they would rule in his favour in the cases he has filed on his impeachment.
Mathira MP Eric Wamumbi termed the threats by his former ally as hot air adding that there is nothing he would do.
Lawyer Nelson Havi who is among those pushing for the CJ and the entire Supreme Court judges removal told Gachagua to leave the President in the initiative saying he should concentrate his energy on him as he was the mover of the scheme.
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