{"id":122046,"date":"2025-09-25T09:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/gachagua-urges-kenyans-to-emulate-malawis-election-after-mutharika-win\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:07:24","slug":"gachagua-urges-kenyans-to-emulate-malawis-election-after-mutharika-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gachagua-urges-kenyans-to-emulate-malawis-election-after-mutharika-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Gachagua urges Kenyans to emulate Malawi\u2019s election after Mutharika win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 25 \u2013 Democratic Congress Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has urged Kenyans to draw inspiration from Malawi\u2019s 2025 election, where former president Peter Mutharika defeated incumbent Lazarus Chakwera in a dramatic comeback.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement congratulating Mutharika, Gachagua said Malawians had reminded Africa that the ballot remains the most powerful tool of liberation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call on the people of the Republic of Kenya to draw strength from Malawi\u2019s courage and exercise of sovereign power,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust like our Malawian brothers and sisters, we must reject fear and cynicism, reject hopelessness, and reclaim our future through democratic means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mutharika won the presidency with 56.8 percent of the vote against Chakwera\u2019s 33 percent, ending five years of Chakwera\u2019s rule that had been marred by inflation, food shortages, and public discontent.<\/p>\n<p>Chakwera conceded defeat, paving the way for Mutharika\u2019s return to State House.<\/p>\n<p>Back in Nairobi, Gachagua said Malawi\u2019s example should embolden Kenyans ahead of the 2027 polls, as he sustained his momentum in pushing the WANTAM movement, his political mantra aimed at unseating President William Ruto.<\/p>\n<p>The former Deputy President has increasingly accused Ruto of an array of atrocities, including entrenched corruption, state capture, tribal manipulation, and betrayal of the public trust.<\/p>\n<p>He has framed WANTAM as a citizens\u2019 revolt through the ballot, insisting that Kenyans must reject \u201cfear, cynicism, and hopelessness\u201d and reclaim the future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 25 \u2013 Democratic Congress Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has urged Kenyans to draw inspiration from Malawi\u2019s 2025 election, where former president Peter Mutharika defeated incumbent Lazarus Chakwera in a dramatic comeback. In a statement congratulating Mutharika, Gachagua said Malawians had reminded Africa that the ballot remains the most powerful tool of [&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-122046","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\/122046","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=122046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}