Gachagua receives UDA defectors, insists he is best candidate to face Ruto

Speaking in his Wamunyoro home in Nyeri County, Gachagua said he was the strongest candidate to fly the opposition's flag in the 2027 presidential race as he welcomed two more members of Parliament and 30 Nyeri County Assembly members into his DCP after they officially decamped from UDA.

Runyenjes Member of Parliament Eric Karemba and his Subukia counterpart Samuel Gachobe became the latest additions to the DCP team.

The DCP leader reiterated that the defections proved he remained the best opposition candidate to face President William Ruto at the ballot next year.

“Mimi ndiye niko na umaarufu zaidi na ni matumaini yangu kwamba ni mimi. Lakini ikisemekana si mimi, nitawashawishi wenzangu tuunge yeye mkono,” said Gachagua.

The two new members said they had found a new political home and a cause to champion.

“We now have a party that we can call ours, and I am now going to be part of a team which will bring the necessary change and that we win the positions in governorship and ward level,” said Runyenjes MP Eric Karemba.

Subukia MP Samuel Gachobe added, “I am assuring of my total support and I will go to the ground to sell the party. We only request for free and fair nominations.”

Gachagua also received 30 MCAs from Nyeri County who switched their allegiance to DCP.

“We have agreed that they will give instructions so that the 5K deductions for elected MCAs and 10K for nominated MCAs which was being remitted to UDA is directed to DCP,” Gachagua stated.

The DCP leader also pushed back against President Ruto's allegations that he was silencing the youth voice in the opposition.

“In my two-month absence in the US, the young leaders in DCP kept this country going and we have many we are mentoring. The ones he was mentioning in Kisii are traitors of our community and our country,” said Gachagua.