Soy MP urges Gachagua to release recordings of Ruto’s resignation offer
Soy Member of Parliament (MP) David Kiplagat has urged former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to release the recordings he claims to have, in which, according to him, President William Ruto offered him money to resign from his position as second in command.
Speaking during a breakfast show on a local media station on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, Kiplagat demanded that Gachagua provides evidence for Kenyans to fully understand the truth behind the explosive claims.
He emphasised that the country deserves clarity on such claims.
“It is an allegation with no proof. Gachagua says he has recordings of President Ruto urging him to resign, but he has not released any recordings; let him provide the recording for Kenyans to know the truth,” Kiplagat said.
He further challenged Gachagua to identify the emissary who, according to the former DP, was sent by Ruto to convince him to resign.
“He also says there is an officer (emissary) who was sent to him by the president; let him name that officer,” he added.
Kiplagat on recording habit
The MP also criticised the habit of recording conversations, stating that discussions should be settled at the table, where parties either agree or disagree and move on.
He emphasised that such a practice should have ended by now.
“When we have a discussion at the table, it should end at that table; we either agree or we disagree, and we move on, but this idea of recording – I thought it ended,” he added.
Gachagua on Ruto’s recordings
Speaking to a local TV station on Monday, April 7, 2025, Gachagua revealed that at some point, he had to record President William Ruto urging him to resign before his impeachment.
He claimed that the president also sent an emissary to him to convince him to resign as the second in command or get impeached.
According to the former DP, Ruto sent a senior government official to his residence with a promise of an unofficial retirement perk amounting to billions of shillings.
He says when he failed to heed the call, another meeting was organised between him, the president and the senior government official, in which he recorded everything.
“That Friday, when my case was at the Senate, the president sent an officer to me. He told the officer I should have a conversation with him,” Gachagua said.
“We met somewhere along Statehouse Road. We had a conversation with the president, where I was given that offer again, and I declined. That officer urged me to listen to the president, but I said no.”
