{"id":103198,"date":"2024-11-24T13:02:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T13:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/24\/gachagua-hints-at-leading-mt-kenya-away-from-bible-wielding-ruto\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T13:02:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T13:02:50","slug":"gachagua-hints-at-leading-mt-kenya-away-from-bible-wielding-ruto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gachagua-hints-at-leading-mt-kenya-away-from-bible-wielding-ruto\/","title":{"rendered":"Gachagua hints at leading Mt Kenya away from Bible-wielding Ruto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 24<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has hinted at plans to form a new political alliance ahead of Kenya\u2019s 2027 General Election.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Murang\u2019a on Sunday, Gachagua revealed ongoing consultations with religious leaders and like-minded political allies, adding that a formal announcement is expected in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in talks with religious leaders and politicians. Come January, I will tell you what we have agreed on,\u201d Gachagua stated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever again shall we find ourselves in the hole we are in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua accused his former boss of betrayal and misleading the region in the lead-up to the 2022 general election.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks come amid mounting calls from politicians aligned with Gachagua to establish a political vehicle for the 2027 elections, following his impeachment last month.<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua became Kenya\u2019s first Deputy President to be impeached after the Senate upheld his removal on October 17, following an initial resolution by the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Since his ouster, the former DP has been vocal in his criticism of the government, accusing it of intimidation and harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Gachagua raised concerns about alleged surveillance by state agents, claiming that unmarked cars have been tailing him and monitoring his movements.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of tweets, Gachagua detailed an incident involving a suspicious saloon car parked outside his Nairobi residence and allegedly following him to multiple locations.<\/p>\n<p>He compared the alleged tactics to oppressive methods used by Kenya\u2019s past authoritarian regimes and expressed fear for his safety.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 24 \u2013 Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has hinted at plans to form a new political alliance ahead of Kenya\u2019s 2027 General Election. Speaking in Murang\u2019a on Sunday, Gachagua revealed ongoing consultations with religious leaders and like-minded political allies, adding that a formal announcement is expected in January. \u201cI am in talks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}