Some Mt Kenya MPs declare no regrets over Gachagua’s impeachment
In the wake of last year’s impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, MPs from the central region became prisoners of fear.
They dared not visit their constituents for fear of public backlash, and most operated from their Nairobi offices.
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Gachagua had publicly urged his supporters to “punish” MPs who voted in support of the controversial 2024 Finance Bill and later backed his ouster as the country’s second in command.
His warning worsened the situation for legislators who avoided their constituencies out of fear of hostility.
Several of them later threw caution to the wind and toured their constituencies, but to their dismay, they faced hostile receptions.
To date, that fear has gradually faded, with a cross-section of legislators now openly saying they have no regrets about impeaching Gachagua.
One such MP is Githua Wamacukuru of Kabete, who on Sunday, November 9, 2025, went out guns blazing and explicitly stated that he has no regrets about the move.
He dismissed the former Deputy President as a retrogressive leader with zero leadership acumen and a tribal bigot.
“I can confirm without fear of contradiction that I was among those who voted for his ouster, and I have no regrets,” Wamacukuru told worshippers at the Worldwide Gospel Church in Kawaida, Kiambaa Sub-County.
He added, “Building schools and roads is expensive and would have been hard for him to do, but building a toilet wasn’t. Yet he didn’t build any toilet for us and instead wasted two years preaching tribalism.”
He was flanked by MPs Kimani Wanjiku, Gabriel Kagombe, Ann Wamuratha, Alice Ng’ang’a, Nelson Koech, and Felix Jalang’o, as well as National Assembly Leader of Majority Kimani Ichung’wah.
Praising Kenya Kwanza government
The leaders praised the Kenya Kwanza government, saying it had achieved most, if not all, of the promises it made in 2022.
“Mt Kenya has achieved much more than any other region in the country. We have roadworks going on in almost every constituency. The region is like a construction site,” said Ichung’wah.
He accused Gachagua of demeaning people brought up by single mothers like Kawanjiku.
Last week, Gachagua called on voters in Mt Kenya to elect learned leaders in future instead of, as he put it, “nondescripts.”
“In other regions, they elect reputable lawyers and professors, but you people elect nonentities who know nothing about lawmaking,” Gachagua said.
