{"id":115300,"date":"2025-05-20T12:04:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/we-are-broad-based-youre-tribal-ruto-hits-out-at-gachagua-in-mukuru\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:04:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:04:27","slug":"we-are-broad-based-youre-tribal-ruto-hits-out-at-gachagua-in-mukuru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/we-are-broad-based-youre-tribal-ruto-hits-out-at-gachagua-in-mukuru\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are broad-based, you\u2019re tribal\u2019: Ruto hits out at Gachagua in Mukuru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20 \u2013 In what appeared to be a direct rebuke of his former deputy, President William Ruto today declared that he does not share a vision with leaders who promote tribal politics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the official handover of the Mukuru Housing Units on Tuesday, President Ruto vowed sustained efforts towards slum eradication through affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>The President emphasized that his administration will continue working with bold and visionary leaders who are committed to Kenya\u2019s transformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will continue to work with courageous leaders who believe in the transformation of this country \u2014 not mere politicians who promote retrogressive politics,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has, in months leading to his removal from office, been accused of advocating for ethnically-aligned politics and pushing for resource distribution based on \u2018shareholding\u2019 based on voting patterns.<\/p>\n<p>However, President Ruto defended his broader coalition of allies, singling out former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for supporting a more inclusive approach to governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe share a vision with those who believe in a broad-based government that brings Kenyans together \u2014 and more particularly with Raila Odinga for agreeing that this country requires national unity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President also urged Kenyans to have faith in the country\u2019s leadership and destiny, cautioning that without unity and belief, Kenya\u2019s independence would lose meaning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage us to believe in our country, believe in ourselves, and believe in Kenya \u2014 because if we don\u2019t, the independence of our nation will be meaningless,\u201d he stated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20 \u2013 In what appeared to be a direct rebuke of his former deputy, President William Ruto today declared that he does not share a vision with leaders who promote tribal politics. Speaking during the official handover of the Mukuru Housing Units on Tuesday, President Ruto vowed sustained efforts towards slum eradication [&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-115300","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\/115300","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=115300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}