Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has insisted on his bid to vie for the 2027 presidential contest, saying he will be on the ballot despite ongoing court battles.
Speaking on a local TV station on Tuesday night, August 26, 2025, the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader argued that the constitution and ongoing court processes preserve his eligibility to remain a candidate in the 2027 presidential race, provided the court rules in favour of his 2024 impeachment.
Gachagua’s declaration comes more than a year after Parliament impeached and the Senate removed him from the Deputy President’s office, a sequence of events that has since produced a string of legal challenges and a tug-of-war with the current administration, led by President William Ruto, who has turned out to be his political nemesis ahead of the 2007 general election.
