Kenya’s past presidents have been remembered for bold visions that reshaped the nation.
Mwai Kibaki gave free primary education, Uhuru Kenyatta oversaw unprecedented roads and infrastructure, and William Ruto, despite a rocky start, is now betting on housing and economic revival.
Enter Rigathi Gachagua—whose only legacy, critics say, is loud tribal rhetoric and endless insults.
The former Deputy President, now leader of the fledgling Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP), has become a master of demolition politics, vowing to scrap Ruto’s flagship housing levy “on day one” but offering no serious alternative for jobs, debt, or growth.
Analysts argue his chest-thumping exposes a man obsessed with tearing down rather than building up.
Online, Kenyans are merciless. Hashtags like #TribalBigot and #CluelessClown trail him, with voters mocking his obsession with Ruto’s “one-term downfall.” “We had Kibaki with education, Uhuru with roads, Ruto with housing. Gachagua? Just noise,” wrote one X user.
Ruto’s recent gains—GDP up 5% in Q2, inflation down to 4.6%, forex reserves stabilizing—have sharpened the contrast.
As the president turns to agriculture value addition and private sector dialogue, Gachagua appears stuck in bitterness, fueling what many describe as “clueless posturing.”
The satirical refrain across Mt Kenya and beyond is biting: while past leaders built legacies, Gachagua is building slogans.
With 2027 looming, the risk is clear: history may remember him not as a president-in-waiting, but as Kenya’s loudest political sideshow.
