DP Gachagua defends his position as calls for his impeachment grow louder

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's allies have attributed his tribulations in government to what they describe as coordinated efforts to undermine his office.

Another section of Kenya Kwanza lawmakers who spoke in Kericho County called for his removal from office, in a day marked by the use of mother languages by both camps.

In yet another episode, factions of Kenya Kwanza made clear the widening rift at the presidency.

First up in Githunguri, Kiambu County, DP Gachagua sought solidarity from the electorate in Central Kenya, whom he billed as the buffer against his persecution in government, deploying his mother language to convey his message.

"You are the ones who voted for us, didn’t you? Are you tired of me, those saying they are tired with me who are they? What I know is that the President and me came here and I begged you to vote for him, we were a pair and some of you voted for us because I was the running mate representing your interest, kindly allows us to finish our term," said Gachagua.

Latching onto public support, the DP made his case before a gathering of coffee farmers.

"We cannot be rendered jobless in the midst of our term, and it is you, the people who hold the mandate. Have you seen any wrongdoing? And if I have committed any wrongdoing, he [The President] should come here in Komothai and tell you my shortcomings and you, the people will decide," he said.

And in not holding back against the President, his allies laid blame where they felt his tribulations stemmed off.

"Ndio sasa tunaambia Rais, hata kama hauna heshima na naibu wako, patia watu wa mlima heshima. Hawa ndio walikupatia hiyo kiti," said Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thang'wa.

"Waachane na Rigathi wa Gachagua. Alichaguliwa na wananchi na wangoje miaka tano, turudi kwenu mtuambie kama ako sawa ama hayuko sawa," Maragua MP Mary Wamaua said.

"Riggy G is the best Deputy President we can have. Tusikubali kudanganywa. the President had an agreement with the Deputy President and we demand respect. Aache kusumbua Riggy G, miaka tano ikiisha, kama hatamtaka amuambie," Starehe MP Amos Mwago added.

In Sigowet-Soin Constituency, Kericho County, another batch of Kenya Kwanza lawmakers determined to get Gachagua out of office, labelled him a political liability, expressing intent to remove him, in a day that saw random deployment of vernacular languages, that brought to the light the breakdown at the Presidency.

"If you see it is no longer tenable for us to be disturbed and to lecture the President, release this guy [Rigathi Gachagua] from the job," Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot said.

"On the Gen Z protests, yesterday you heard the CS naming the people who led the storming of Parliament, and because he sharpened his knife to take us home, we have also sharpened ours," said Belgut MP Nelson Koech.

Their remarks, pointed to the evident standoff between the President and his deputy, and as has been Kenya’s political ecosystem, bearing all the indications of a short shelf-life, with consequence on the delivery of the PLAN manifesto the duo sold the Kenyan people.