Mt Kenya Senator Warns Kindiki, Claims Plot To Jail Gachagua Activated
Kiambu Senator Karungo Thang’wa has cast doubt on the recent wave of Mt Kenya MPs declaring their allegiance to Interior CS Kithure Kindiki.
Thang’wa claims it is a plot to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from the political scene.
Speaking at Our Lady of Sorrows Baricho Catholic Parish in Ndia, Kirinyaga County, the senator suspected that the MPs intended to impeach and charge the DP in order to divide their positions.
Thang’wa defended the DP, stating that Gachagua would continue to serve as the mountain’s political voice.
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“It is their plan to unite, bring an impeachment motion, remove him from office, jail him and give positions to other people,” the senator explained.
“Let me tell them, we are the ones who voted for Gachagua as the mountain and we will not allow anyone to touch him,” he added.
The senator warned CS Kindiki to be cautious when receiving such support, citing how Mt Kenya MPs recently supported Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro as the kingpin and ultimately left him in the cold.
“Those people who are backing you right now, they did so with Ndindi Nyoro. They raised him on a pedestal and took him round the country only to leave him falling,” Thang’wa said.
“He is still picking himself up and dusting himself off. They will also lift you up and praise you and in the end, you’ll be the one left apologising to people.”
“When you see parliamentarians who are given an opportunity to serve, uniting to say that if we want to speak to the president it will be through this person, that’s an abdication of duty, lack of responsibility and a vote of no confidence to the people that lead them,” he added.
The development comes as suspicions about the DP. Gachagua’s hold on the mountain remains strong, with over 69 MPs deciding to use CS Kindiki as their link to the executive.
The first wave saw 21 MPs from the Mt Kenya East region support Kindiki as their centralised leader.
Some 48 Mt Kenya MPs followed suit, dubbed the ‘Nyandarua Declaration.’
The MPs cited a lack of development and stalled projects in the region as evidence of the need for a centralised leader to lobby for regional resources.
Mt Kenya Senator Warns Kindiki, Claims Plot To Jail Gachagua Activated
