Tension has continued in the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) after yet another UDA member of Parliament called out Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to retire from national politics.
Speaking in Bungoma, Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa said that Gachagua’s initiatives are tribal and region oriented making him unfit to be a national leader and therefore should retire from national politics.
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This comes after the DP proposed the one man one shilling ideology that will favor the Mt Kenya region, an idea that has caused divisions within the ruling party that saw the latest clash between party members.
“I want to ask our Deputy President respectfully, if he is not fit to be the Deputy President he can retire and run for Governor of Nyeri, run for MP for Mathira or serve as a village administrator in Nyeri. We have to call him to order.”
According to Barasa, Gachagua, as the Deputy President, he should be pushing for the interests of kenyans irregardless of their tribe, ethnicity or religion due to his status and not concetrating on regional politics.
The one man one shilling proponent he said was a recipe for chaos in the country and might cause divisions due to the nature of the idea, arguing that it will turn the coubtry back to tribal politics.
The division within UDA has seen President William Ruto respond by calling a crisis meeting on Monday to resolve differences within the party that has seen leaders clash out with words publicly.
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Even though Gachagua has insisted that there is no divisions within the UDA camp, several leaders within the party have been in the past weeks engaged in war of words either towards each other or the Deputy President.