{"id":120127,"date":"2025-08-21T13:11:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/mt-kenya-made-you-president-we-hold-the-key-to-your-second-term-methu-to-ruto\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:11:28","slug":"mt-kenya-made-you-president-we-hold-the-key-to-your-second-term-methu-to-ruto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/mt-kenya-made-you-president-we-hold-the-key-to-your-second-term-methu-to-ruto\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt Kenya made you President, we hold the key to your second term: Methu to Ruto"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 21 \u2013 Nyandarua Senator John Methu has issued a stinging warning to President William Ruto, declaring that the Mt Kenya region has the power to both elevate him and strip him of office.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking on Thursday after chaos erupted when former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s convoy was stoned along Mombasa Road, Methu accused the government of orchestrating violence to intimidate dissenting voices.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made you the President. We can equally make you an ordinary citizen,\u201d Senator Methu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are man enough, do not send goons to stone us and police to teargas us. Come face us directly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Methu, a close ally of Gachagua, maintained that opposition voices in the Mt Kenya region will not be silenced.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether you like it or not, we will hold these public meetings. You will go home. You have tested our resolve and resilience, but we are unbwogable and unbowed. We shall fight on until we deliver this country,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

His remarks came shortly after Gachagua returned to the country from a 42-day tour of the United States. <\/p>\n

The former DP landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) shortly after 1 pm on Thursday, where he was received by jubilant supporters and political allies.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of his followers camped at the airport overnight, waving placards and chanting slogans in solidarity with the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP), which Gachagua leads.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabaab claims <\/h2>\n

Security was tight at the airport, with the National Police Service deploying anti-riot squads, water cannons, and helicopters to monitor the situation as crowds attempted to gain access.<\/p>\n

Gachagua\u2019s return comes amid controversy over explosive allegations he made during his US trip. <\/p>\n

The former DP accused President Ruto\u2019s administration of secretly engaging with terror groups, financing Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and holding clandestine talks with Al-Shabaab intermediaries in Mandera.<\/p>\n

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen dismissed the claims as \u201creckless and damaging,\u201d warning that if Gachagua had credible evidence, he must record it with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many people landing in Kenya every day, so I don\u2019t know why we should be worried about one person landing,\u201d Murkomen said earlier in Murang\u2019a during the Jukwaa la Usalama forum. \u201cBut if anyone attempts to cause unrest, they will meet the full force of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gachagua, however, insisted that his trip was \u201csuccessful and fulfilling,\u201d citing engagements with Kenyans in the diaspora. He cut short the tour on August 11 to focus on upcoming by-elections in November.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 21 \u2013 Nyandarua Senator John Methu has issued a stinging warning to President William Ruto, declaring that the Mt Kenya region has the power to both elevate him and strip him of office. Speaking on Thursday after chaos erupted when former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s convoy was stoned along Mombasa Road, Methu […]<\/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-120127","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\/120127","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=120127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}