Kenya Kwanza leaders urge Ruto to root out State House 'moles' after Gachagua leak claims

Kenya Kwanza leaders on Saturday raised concerns over an alleged leakage of information regarding President William Ruto’s Thursday State of the Nation address to his former deputy Rigathi Gachagua.

Speaking in Shinyalu, Kakamega County, the leaders called on President Ruto to rein in on alleged moles at State House noting that they pose a threat to national security.

The leaders, led by Bungoma Governor Ken Lusaka and Kakamegaa Deputy Governor Ayub Savula as well as a host of Members of Parliament, at same time hailed President Ruto’s address saying it's a pointer to good governance.

Hours before President Ruto's address to the nation on Thursday, Gachagua addressed a gathering of clergy at his Nyeri home, claiming the Head of State’s speech would be long on vision but short on answers.

The Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader alleged that Ruto intended to unveil an ambitious Vision 2060 plan and appoint former President Uhuru Kenyatta to lead it.

Gachagua argued that instead of introducing long-term development plans, the President should account for what his administration has achieved over the past year.

"That vision is something we will plan next year. Why are you worried about the next 60 years? Tell us what you have done in the last one year," he said.

President Ruto, in his address later that evening, officially launched the process of developing Kenya's next long-term development blueprint to succeed Vision 2030, unveiling plans for a nationwide public participation exercise that he says will shape the country's future beyond the current strategy.

He announced that the government will formally launch a National Conversation on Kenya's Future Beyond Vision 2030 on August 12, 2026, describing it as the most consequential public participation exercise since the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution.

However, the speech was met with swift skepticism and pushback from opposition figures, political leaders, and ordinary Kenyans online, many who cited high living costs and heavy taxation. 

Gachagua later came out to claim that people working inside State House regularly share confidential information about President Ruto's plans with him, saying he received details about the planned State of the Nation Address hours before it was delivered.

Speaking during a one-on-one conversation with political analyst Herman Manyora, Gachagua said his sources inside government alerted him that Ruto intended to use the address to divert Kenyans' attention from the challenges facing the country by unveiling a long-term development vision.

He claimed that the original plan was to present a 'Vision 2060' before it was changed to a 'post-2030 vision', arguing that the change did not alter the substance of what the President intended to announce.

"On Thursday morning, I got information from my sources. I have many sources. I was in government for many years. Many people are quite concerned about what is happening in the country, especially the civil service. They are patriotic men and women who feel terrible when the country is going down at a high speed, and they've taken it upon themselves to alert me when there's danger," Gachagua said.

"I want to thank the informants. I've asked civil servants, police, National Intelligence Service, people working in parastatals to preserve my credibility because it's good for this country so that I retain my relevance and people can continue believing in me."

He further claimed that the information he received came directly from State House, alleging widespread dissatisfaction among government employees.

"It came from his office, right inside State House. People are very dissatisfied," he claimed.

"There's a lot of dissatisfaction around the President. People working in the Presidential Delivery Service are complaining. The President is too busy to know what's going on. He's not busy working for the country but for himself."