MP Wamuchomba Says Gachagua Was Ruto’s Choice Of Running Mate, As Fallout Between Them Boils Up

By Sefu Sabila

Githunguri Member of Parliament Gathoni Wamuchomba has defended the choice of President William Ruto’s of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

Speaking yesterday at a morning breakfast show on Citizen TV, Wamuchomba said the DP wars began immediately he was nominated as the running mate for the Kenya Kwanza Alliance.

“The problems that the DP is going through right now started when he was nominated as the running mate,” she stated.

According to her, three meetings were held, with two failing to come up with the decision, forcing the alliance to come up with a nominee following the deadline set during the August 2022 elections.

“I attended three stormy meetings, the first we did not agree, the second meeting we did not agree. The third meeting we had to agree by the timelines. The agreement was the running mate had to come from Mt. Kenya, where the members had to come to an agreement and nominate one person,” Wamuchomba explained.

She further disclosed that the preferred candidates included interior Cabinet Kithure Kindiki, Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro and CS Lands Alice Wahome and DP Gachagua.

Despite Kindiki winning both nominations round with 11 and 38 votes respectively, Wamuchomba stated that Ruto wanted Gachagua, while a majority of MPs wanted Kindiki, forcing a third meeting to justify their choice.

“The president himself wanted Rigathi Gachagua, majority of the members wanted Kithure Kindiki, so we had to justify why we wanted KindiKi over Gachagua. I was supporting Gachagua from thee beginning and I had my own reasons,” she further disclosed.

Aside from Wamuchomba, earlier attending a church service together with the DP in Thika, former United Democratic Alliance Secretary Cleophas Malala asked the president to be watchful on plans to impeach his DP, as it could affect his leadership.

Gachagua disclosed a possible fallout with his boss, following his revelations on an exclusive interview on Friday, which he said his tormentors are being bought to humiliate him.

He further revealed that he was removed from accessing the president’s diary, which has since seen him missing on important matters of national interest.

During a church service on Sunday, September 22 in Chuka, Gachagua reiterated Ruto’s promise, that he will not watch his deputy disrespected and harassed under his watch.

Gachagua urged the president to keep his promise, as failure could lead to lack of trust from Kenyans.