Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua through his communication team has come out to respond to claims of forming a new political party amid fallout romours with President Ruto.
In a statement to news rooms, Head of Deputy President Communication Strategist Njeri Rugene noted that the report done by Daily Nation was done in bad faith and the claims are untrue and baseless.
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“To associate His Excellency the Deputy President Gachagua with another new political party can only have been done in bad faith, with the sole intention of undermining His Excellency’s role as the Deputy Party leader of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party.”
Demanding an apology from the same news outlet, the DP office noted that the move was intended to disparage and attack the integrity of the Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua.
This comes after Daily Nation in it’s Wednesday edition published an article claiming that Deputy President is in the process of acquiring a new political party as his split with President William Ruto escalates.
The new political outfit according to Daily Nation is The New Democrats (TND) Party with the Party Secretary General David Musembi confirming that the party is in talks with people allied to the Deputy President for a possible political deal.
Further, the Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu confirmed that TND had made applications to make changes in its list of party officials. She however could not provide specific details as she was away from office.
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Nation also reported that a source with knowledge of the matter said that the DP has already approached a Governor from Western Kenya to be part of his new political outfit in a move aimed to strategise for any eventualities.