{"id":127913,"date":"2026-01-05T15:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wamuchomba-vows-to-stay-in-uda-despite-pressure-to-join-dcp\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:08:30","slug":"wamuchomba-vows-to-stay-in-uda-despite-pressure-to-join-dcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wamuchomba-vows-to-stay-in-uda-despite-pressure-to-join-dcp\/","title":{"rendered":"Wamuchomba Vows to Stay in UDA despite pressure to join DCP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 5 \u2013 Githunguri MP Muthoni Wamuchomba has accused former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua of attempting to intimidate her into joining the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, Wamuchomba alleged that insults and pressure tactics were being used to force her into a political realignment.<\/p>\n<p>She claimed the alleged intimidation mirrors similar incidents during Gachagua\u2019s tenure as Deputy President, saying she faced comparable pressure after voting against the Finance Bill 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he was DP, he did the same to intimidate me when I voted \u2018No\u2019 on the Finance Bill 2023. God deflated him painfully,\u201d Wamuchomba said.<\/p>\n<p>The Githunguri MP insisted she would not bow to pressure to join DCP, affirming that she will remain a member of the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) until 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSasa Wamunyoro anatumia kifua na matusi to intimidate me to join DCP. I\u2019m not joining the Masikio party, and I\u2019m in UDA until 2027,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Wamuchomba also questioned the popularity of Gachagua\u2019s DCP in the Mt Kenya region, challenging his political allies to resign from UDA and seek fresh mandates on a DCP ticket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this party is really strong, why can\u2019t Methu, Karungo and Nyutu resign first, then we elect them through their new Masikio party?\u201d she posed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 5 \u2013 Githunguri MP Muthoni Wamuchomba has accused former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua of attempting to intimidate her into joining the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP). In a social media post, Wamuchomba alleged that insults and pressure tactics were being used to force her into a political realignment. She claimed the [&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-127913","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\/127913","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=127913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}