Moses Kuria asks leaders to keep families out of political feuds
By Isaac Mutia, July 21, 2025Former senior advisor in the Council of Economic Advisors, Moses Kuria, has appealed to leaders to keep families out of their political rhetoric and feuds.
In a statement on Monday, July 21, 2025, Kuria slammed various leaders for dragging family members into political feuds, insisting that it was out of order.
Specifically, Moses Kuria called out Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
He asked the duo not to drag family members into their political squabbles.
Calling out Gachagua and Kuria
Kuria started by focusing on Gachagua, by referencing an earlier event where Rigathi Gachagua claimed that President William Ruto advised him not to bring his spouse to the National Prayer Breakfast because First Lady Rachel Ruto was absent.
Kuria criticised this as petty, suggesting it was a minor grievance blown out of proportion.
He equally slammed Ichung’wah following his recent derogatory comments aimed at Pastor Dorcas Rigathi.
“When Rigathi Gschagua said that President Ruto asked him not to tag along his spouse to the National prayer breakfast because Mama Rachael was not there, I called him out on national TV for pettiness. By the same vein, Hon Kimani Ichumgwa is grossly out of order for dragging Pastor Dorcas Rigathi into the mud only because of her husband,” Kuria stated.
“Since the next phase of this war will be vicious and bloody, let us have our version of the Geneva Convention. KEEP FAMILIES OUT OF POLITICS,” he made it clear.
Kuria emphasised that the feud between Gachagua and Ichung’wah has already been widely covered, with recent X posts and the media, amplifying the personal angle.
The emphatic ‘keep families out of politics’ underscores Kuria’s belief that spouses and families should be off-limits, a stance he applies consistently to both the Ruto-Gachagua and Ichung’wah-Dorcas situations. This reflects a desire to de-escalate personal attacks amid a polarised political climate.