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Brian Weke urges Ruto to fire Mt Kenya leaders from cabinet
27th July, 2025 10:56 PM
Political activist Brian Weke has urged President William Ruto to kick out all the cabinet secretaries and principal secretaries from the Mount Kenya region from his government.
Speaking during a vernacular TV interview on Sunday, July 27, 2025, Weke observed that the region was no longer with Ruto, and that the president should redistribute the posts to regions supporting his re-election in 2027.
“If you would conduct an opinion poll in the Mount Kenya region, you would realise that close to 95 per cent of them will not re-elect Ruto in 2027,” Weke said.
Kick out CSs and PSs
“This should be a wake-up call for Ruto to kick out senior cabinet officials from his government and replace them with those in support of his re-election bid.”
The remarks come just hours after the Democracy for Citizens (DCP) Party leader, Rigathi Gachagua, while speaking in the USA, noted that he has managed to wrestle the vote-rich Mt Kenya region from the control of Ruto.
Ruto’s cabinet experienced a shake-up at the height of the 2024 Gen Z protests to include a section of ODM party officials, but the Mount Kenya region and the Rift Valley still control a significant number of CSs.
Uphill task
Ruto is faced with an uphill task of securing re-election in 2027 following his acrimonious fallout with his former presidential running mate and deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua.
In Meru Ruto got 78 per cent of the total votes cast, 89 per cent in Tharaka, 85 per cent in Embu, 78 per cent in Nyandarua, 83 per cent in Nyeri, 84 per cent in Kirinyaga, 81 per cent in Murang’a, 73 per cent in Kiambu, 70 per cent in Laikipia and 66 per cent in Nakuru counties.
If Gachagua’s remarks are anything to go by, then Ruto’s re-election will face more hurdles, especially with the current disaffection among the youthful population, which forms a significant bloc of the voters.
However, Ruto has cozied up to ODM Party leader, who, despite remaining non-committal in supporting the president’s re-election, could decide which way the election goes.
