The vacuum also leaves a golden opportunity for the Anyone But Ruto group of leaders – including former Deputy President Kalonzo Musyoka Ruto's former deputy Rigathi Gachagua (impeached last year) and former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i...
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That support was partly driven by fears that former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua a bitter critic of Sakaja was gaining ground in the capital (Dispatches 30/4/25 State House has a problem with Nairobi's political boss)...
So too will Kithure Kindiki who replaced the impeached Rigathi Gachagua as Deputy President last October...
That will bring together a group of former ministers and leaders among whom former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka are the most senior...
President William Ruto's falling out with his core Mount Kenya constituency – followed by the impeachment of his former deputy Rigathi Gachagua – has become the defining crisis of his presidency (AC Vol 65 No 20 The deputy takes the fall Vol 65 No 21 Mountain doesn't go to Gachagua & Vol 65 No 22 Ruto's impeachment of his Deputy starts to backfire)...
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Yet more championsFormer Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua meanwhile has also tried to position himself as a Gen Z champion...
Regime supporters have sought to give the protests an ethnic tint claiming that it has been sponsored by Kikuyu oligarchs loyal to impeached former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua...
The launch of Rigathi Gachagua's Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) marks the latest challenge to President William Ruto's standing in central Kenya a region where he claimed 75% of the vote helping secure his victory in August 2022...
Among them is Rigathi Gachagua Ruto's Deputy President during the protests who was later impeached by parliament in October (AC Vol 65 No 20 The deputy takes the fall)...
Still bolder claims have come from Rigathi Gachagua who was impeached as Ruto's Deputy President last October...
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua Matiang'i and People's Liberation Party leader Martha Karua have all pledged to unite behind whoever stands the best chance of defeating him (AC Vol 66 No 5 The anti-Ruto alliance)...
