Gachagua: If Ruto decides he is tired, he can resign and go home
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has told President William Ruto that he has two options for leaving office: resign with dignity or wait to be voted out in the 2027 elections, while dismissing claims of any unconstitutional plot to remove the President from power.
Speaking in an interview on a local media station on June 27, 2025, Gachagua responded to President Ruto’s recent remarks questioning how those calling for his resignation expected him to leave office.
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Gachagua said that during Ruto’s speech, he observed a change in his demeanour, noting that he seemed confused and lacked his usual confidence.
“I’ve heard him crying today, that he doesn’t know how we want him to go home. I saw him; his usual bravado is not there. I saw him very muddled, crying, ‘People are saying Ruto Must Go, I need to understand how I need to go,'” he stated.
“President, don’t throw the ball back to us. Kenyans have decided you’ll be one term, you will go, the decision on how you will go is yours. There are two ways you can make a decision; One, you can resign and go home in dignity, two, you can wait for the People of Kenya to remove you through the ballot in 2027,” he added.
Coup attempt
Regarding accusations of a coup attempt, Gachagua reiterated his commitment to constitutional processes and firmly denied any involvement in plans to remove the President unlawfully.
“I want to say I have never advocated for the removal of President William Ruto from office through unconstitutional means. I am a believer in the rule of law, and I am a believer in the Constitution. I want Ruto to be removed from office through the ballot,” he declared.
Gachagua accused some of Ruto’s allies of peddling falsehoods about a possible coup to shield the president from public discontent.
“All this nonsense that there was a coup, that they wanted to overthrow Ruto, is just his boys trying to hype him and cheat him so that he doesn’t see the reality that Kenyans are agitating for reforms,” Gachagua said.
“They want to just lie to William Ruto that all this clamour you are seeing is not genuine, Kenyans are not angry, they still love, they still support you; they are all lies,” he added.
Constitutional process
Despite his criticisms, Gachagua maintained that Kenyans are within their rights to demand accountability and that they will exercise that right at the ballot box.
“I think Kenyans are decent enough to allow Ruto to finish his term, and they exit him in a constitutional way, and I am a firm believer, and that’s why I talk about ‘One-term’, I don’t talk about ‘Half-term,'” he explained.
“I want Ruto to serve the remaining two years through the ballot we take him home but if he decides he is tired the way he has talked today asking the way we want him to go, he has the opportunity if he wishes he can resign and go home and then we proceed,” he added.
