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Gachagua’s New Outfit And the Nightmare for Anti-Ruto Opposition

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A communique made rounds on social media purportedly from the ORPP, indicating that Gachagua, former Kakamega senator Cleophas Malala, and Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba were in the process of registering a new outfit named Democratic People’s Party (DPP).

In a post on Friday, January 10, Gachagua revealed that his new political formation will be called ‘Sauti Ya Mwananchi’. This ends and anticipation from his supporters, who have been awaiting the major announcement of the formation of a new political party.

“We shall never gamble with our votes again,” Gachagua said in December. The revelation was made after a meeting with several leaders allied to him at his Wamunyoro home in Nyeri County. 

According to Gachagua, the leaders include elected governors, senators, MPs, and MCAs. Gachagua asserted that the team shared a plotted path for 2025.

Former DP Rigathi Gachagua with members of his Sauti Ya Mwananchi formation at his Wamunyoro residence, Friday, January 10.

Leaders present at the meeting are Senator Methu, Kirinyaga Women Rep Njeri Maina, Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga, MPs Onesmus Ngogoyo (Kajiado North), Mary Wamau (Maragua), Jayne Kihara (Naivasha), and Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri).

In fact Rigathi Gacagua’s statements to Kenyans after forming his new party have been very positive for the country. Gachagua has asked President Ruto to stop abductions and killing of Kenyan youth or Ruto will end up at the ICC again. Gachagua has been very active in the campaign to end abuse of human rights in Kenya by President Ruto and his government.

Ruto ukileta mchezo utarudi tena Hague – Rigathi Gachagua warns

Here is the political nightmare for Gachagua in their efforts to oust Ruto from power.

The dea right now is that Gachagua’s party will form and alliance with Kalonzo Muysoka and his Wiper Party. The problem there is that in a month or so the Supreme Court will make a ruling on Gachagua’s impeachment and if they declare the impeachment as legal, Gachagua will not be able to hold any public office. What next?

How are the Kikuyu voters and communities going to support an alliance where their key leader does not hold any office? That just cannot work.

Kalonzo and allies issue ultimatum on abductees

Maybe that is the reason Justin Muturi has made a move to soon resign from the Ruto government and he will be joining Gachagua’s new party and he could run as the DP for Kalonzo Musyoka.

That could give them a window and a slim chance to beat William Ruto because Ruto’s big favour right now is that there is nobody in the opposition who can beat him. Martha Karua will run for the presidency but even she knows she cannot even win votes in her own county in Kirinyaga.

Justin Muturi Demands Justice Over Rising Abductions: “The Silence is Deafening”

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has delivered a powerful rebuke of the government’s handling of abductions targeting young Kenyans.

Speaking to the press on Sunday, Muturi shared his personal anguish over his son Leslie Muturi’s kidnapping in June 2024, an experience that has shaped his unrelenting calls for accountability.

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi on Tuesday recorded a statement at Kilimani Police Station about his son’s alleged abduction.

NIS boss Haji abducted my son, released him after call from President Ruto – Muturi drops bombshell
NIS boss Haji abducted my son, released him after call from President Ruto - Muturi drops bombshell

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has opened the Pandora’s box in a damning revelation of how his son, Leslie Muturi, was allegedly abducted and released by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) officers following an order by President William Ruto.

Gachagua also said something that will be critical in the next election. Gachagua called on the international community to intervene and push President William Ruto to set up the IEBC as soon as possible.

This is one area where the Kenyan opposition has been dead and deader. They should know that the best gift to President Ruto is to have no IEBC. Forget the by elections. The non existence of IEBC means there will be no voter registration. William Ruto is scared to death of those young new voters and there could be up to 10 million of them out there.

Kalonzo Muysoka has been accused of being responsible for the death of the IEBC because he has court cases against re-establishing the IEBC. Can Kalonzo sort that out mara moja.

LSK demands urgent IEBC reconstitution, denounces abuse of court process

Citing an unactioned appeal three months after the High Court ruling, the LSK emphasized that this constitutes a violation of the principles and objectives of judicial authority.

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Faith Odhiambo has condemned the abuse of court process attributing the practice to delays in the reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

“The truth and the fact of the matter is that the absence of a commission is a constitutional violation, denying representation to citizens in constituencies where by-elections are due,” said Odhiambo.

The legal tussle resulting from Wiper Party’s challenge to Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition’s nomination of Augustus Kyalo Muli of the National Liberal Party (NLP) as its representative to the IEBC Selection Panel.

Get the IEBC working and get the voter registration going and William is gone. Why is that so difficult for the opposition to understand?

The truth of the matter is that Gachagua and his Kalonzo alliance if it ever works out will get 30% of the Kikuyu vote. Martha Karua will get 2.5% of that vote. William Ruto and his allies in Mt Kenya will get 30% of the Kikuyu vote and so for the presidency is going going to be a matter of who gets more votes outside Mt. Kenya. And it is what it is. It is not rocket science.

Right now every opposition leader is mouthing off as representatives of the Gen Z that has taken the Ruto government to its knees. Nobody knows how that Gen Z will vote and who they will vote for. The big deal is to get them registered as voters in their country and they will know they hold the future of the nation in their votes. That has to be the focus of every opposition party in Kenyan including ODM.

There are delusions from people like Miguna, a good friend of mine, who think that Gen Z should just hold demos and Ruto will be forced to resign. That is nonsense. The next Kenyan president will be decided by Kenyan voters in 2027. It is that simple.

At the moment Kenya is being run by two thugs and mad men namely President William Ruto and his commander in chief Farouk Kibet. It is hell on earth as Kenyans know it. Kibet took Ruto to the ICC in 2008 and then all witnesses in the Kiambaa Church fire and their families went missing, and Ruto escaped from ICC . Kibet is Ruto’s DP in reality. That is how sick our country is at the moment.

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Adongo Ogony is a Human Rights Activist and a Writer who lives in Toronto, Canada

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