Moses Kuria scoffs at Gachagua’s new party ahead of official launch
President William Ruto’s Senior Economic Advisor, Moses Kuria, has mocked former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s new political party ahead of its launch on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
In a statement on X, Kuria stated that he fought for multi-partism and believes in plurality in politics.
“I actively participated in the fight for multi-partyism and the scrapping of Section 2A. I believe in plurality in politics. As such, I fully welcome the launch of the District Commissioners Party,” he stated.
This comes after Rigathi Gachagua formally resigned from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, denouncing it as the “most dangerous political moment for the people and the Republic of Kenya.”
In a statement, he accused UDA of betraying its founding principles and accused its leadership of pushing the country into economic ruin, institutional decay, and constitutional contempt.
Addressing the UDA Secretary General (SG) Hassan Omar and copied to the party chairperson and the Registrar of Political Parties, Gachagua accused the UDA party of abandoning its founding principles and squandering a historic opportunity to economically, socially, and politically transform the country.
“I have officially resigned from the UDA Party with immediate effect. The party has exhausted and wasted a Kenyan moment to take off economically, socially and politically.”
The resignation
The former Deputy President also cited multiple instances of what he termed as betrayal of the promises made to Kenyans under the Kenya Kwanza manifesto.
He revisited the coalition’s pledge for economic transformation through the Bottom-Up Economic model, describing its implementation as a sham.
The former DP questioned the efficacy of the Hustler Fund, calling it a tokenistic initiative that “cannot start any meaningful business,” and lamented that key sectors such as agriculture, healthcare, housing, ICT, and education had become mired in mismanagement and corruption.
“Our coffee and tea farmers would live happily; we had promised the country an increased foreign exchange, job creation, lower cost of living and food security; through this, we are being treated to no fertiliser for farmers, and grabbing of agricultural land by the powerful,” he added.
On healthcare, Gachagua accused the government of turning public health into a profit-driven model run by bureaucrats, far removed from the promised Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
The former DP further condemned the current administration’s handling of sports, climate change, education, women’s rights, and social protection, asserting that UDA had “left every Kenyan on their own and behind.”
