‘Ruto Can’t Save You!’ – MP Who Wanted Gen Zs Massacred Tells DP Gachagua
As the National Assembly prepares to debate the impeachment motion against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Tuesday, opinion shapers are responding in a variety of ways.
Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse, the mover and drafter of the ouster motion, has cited 11 reasons why he believes Gachagua should be removed from power just two years after becoming President William Ruto’s principal assistant.
Gachagua asked the President and MPs for forgiveness on Sunday.
Observers saw it as the DP’s last-ditch attempt to persuade his boss to intervene and save his political career from sudden death.
“I want to ask my brother, President William Ruto, if in our zeal to work I have wronged you, please find it in your heart to forgive me,” the DP said.
“To our MPs, if in the course of duty, through our utterances and actions, we have upset or wronged you, find it in your heart to forgive me.”
He spoke at a prayer service held at the National Altar at his official residence in Karen, Nairobi.
Farah Maalim, a Daadab MP, said Gachagua’s apology may be too late, coming less than 48 hours before Tuesday’s debate, which could decide his fate.
The former deputy speaker of the National Assembly has said that the DP’s goose is cooked as a result of his actions in recent days when talk of impeachment gained traction.
“How do you ask for forgiveness when you skipped Presidential functions in your own backyard? When you criticised the decisions of the President as the final appointing authority?” Maalim asked.
“What happened to the old noble principle of collective responsibility in governance?” Farah Posed.
This, the MP adds, combined with Gachagua’s previous remarks that the Kenya Kwanza government was like a company with shareholders, exacerbates the DP’s problems and makes it more difficult for the President to intervene.
How do you ask for forgiveness when with the help & connivance of sworn detractors you planned & executed a civilian coup? When you openly called the President all sorts of outright insults? When you skipped Presdential functions in your own backyard? When you threatened the the…
— Farah Maalim EGH (@FarahMaalimM) October 7, 2024
“The list goes on and on. Gachagua you made your bed, sleep on it now. The President has no powers to save your skin now,” Maalim said.
“Go to Parliament and beg MPs for forgiveness. They will invariably not listen to you, but it’s a good lesson in Statecraft for posterity,” he added.
Former ICT Minister and ex-majority leader in the Senate, Samuel Poghisio, told TV47 Monday morning that the DP’s apology may serve as a self-indictment in terms of the accusations leveled against him.
GACHAGUA FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL
— TV47 (@tv47news) October 7, 2024
"If the Deputy President resigns he will have an opportunity with the people but, if awaits impeachment the projection to the people will be different." – Samuel Poghisio, Former Majority Leader of Kenyan Senate and Former ICT Minister… pic.twitter.com/krgBKdFxki
“The noose is tightening on him, and the apology is neither here nor there,” he said.
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“When you are in a crisis like this, what you say can be used against you in the trial, so you have to be very careful not to acknowledge that you have wronged.”
“I only hope that the President heard him, and by the way, it’s only the President who can save his situation. Parliament things have gone so far,” Poghisio added.
He stated that relying on the Senate to save him is not a viable option if he is impeached by the National Assembly.
“Once you’ve been impeached by one House, you can only pray that the numbers in the other House don’t add up but an apology is not going to help you anywhere.”
‘Ruto Can’t Save You!’ – MP Who Wanted Gen Zs Massacred Tells DP Gachagua
