Mathira MP Eric Wamumbi has finally revealed why the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is hiding behind issues to settle personal scores against the most of Central Kenya MPs.
Speaking during an interview in a local radio station on Thursday, Wamumbi stated that his recent beef with the second in command had nothing to do with Gachagua’s war on liquor.
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This comes after Gachagua accused the Mathira MP of allowing bars to run despite his efforts to wipe out the use of illicit brew in Mt Kenya region. However, Wambua refuted the claims by Gachagua.
According to Wamumbi, the only bars that were operational were those that are licenced and they will continue being operational as permitted by the county government.
However, despite the recent outburst between the two leaders, Wamumbi stated that they had disagreed after Gachagua asked most of the Mt Kenya leaders to abandon the current leadership and regroup ahead of the 2027 general election.
The leaders had met at Gachagua’s home in Mathira where the meting took place and the idea was met with fierce opposition by the leaders who attended the meeting including him.
Later, the MP said that he met Gachagua on May 25, 2024 where he told the DP that his advisors were misleading him and that the people of Mt Kenya will not be comfortable with the idea.
“We talked for hours, and I tried to tell him that his advisers were misleading him, just as they had misled another president. I told him that he had told the Gikuyu people that he never slept and was always watching out for them, but he was now leading them down the wrong path.”
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The MP said that his problems with Gachagua started after the meeting, with the DP thinking that he is against him after declining to dance to his tune of regrouping outside the government.