{"id":118254,"date":"2025-07-17T03:03:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/he-took-tribalism-to-the-us-duale-on-gachagua-diaspora-meetings\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T03:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:03:21","slug":"he-took-tribalism-to-the-us-duale-on-gachagua-diaspora-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/he-took-tribalism-to-the-us-duale-on-gachagua-diaspora-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He took tribalism to the US\u2019: Duale on Gachagua Diaspora meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 17 \u2013 Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has faulted former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his ongoing tour of the United States, accusing him of exporting tribal politics abroad amid rising domestic scrutiny.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Duale said Gachagua, now the leader of the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP), is promoting divisive ethnic rhetoric overseas at a time when President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga are working to unite the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe took his tribalism to the US\u2014you can see who he is meeting during his tour,\u201d Duale said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Gachagua\u2019s actions were undermining national cohesion, even as the diaspora includes Kenyans from all ethnic backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have Somalis, Kisiis, Luos, and other tribes in America. They have declined to be associated with tribalism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backlash<\/h2>\n<p>The criticism came days after Gachagua faced backlash for urging Gen Z protesters to abandon the streets and register as voters for 2027, remarks he made on July 8 shortly before flying to the US for a two-month visit.<\/p>\n<p>While positioning himself as a voice of caution, Gachagua\u2019s comments were widely viewed as opportunistic, with activists like Mumbi Seraki accusing him of trying to hijack a movement he neither started nor represents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat trip wasn\u2019t about the diaspora. It was about being read the riot act,\u201d Seraki said in a viral video, suggesting Gachagua\u2019s US visit was influenced by foreign interests seeking to contain the Gen Z-led movement.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Kisumu on Wednesday during the rollout of TaifaCare and the Social Health Authority (SHA), Duale announced plans to visit the US next week to engage with Kenyans from all communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be meeting all Kenyans in the US next week,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua, who has been touring the US while opening DCP offices, has yet to directly address the growing skepticism over his intentions abroad and at home.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 17 \u2013 Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has faulted former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his ongoing tour of the United States, accusing him of exporting tribal politics abroad amid rising domestic scrutiny. Duale said Gachagua, now the leader of the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP), is promoting divisive ethnic rhetoric [&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-118254","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\/118254","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=118254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}