There’s a dangerous political pattern forming around former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua—and Kenyans are watching. Everywhere he goes, chaos seems to follow. In Kigumo, residents were forced to flee their own town center as goons, reportedly ferried in by politicians affiliated with Gachagua’s Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP), ran riot after a church service. The incident ended with police lobbing teargas to restore sanity in what should have been a peaceful Sunday.
This is not an isolated incident. It’s part of a larger playbook: turn every political event into a show of force, intimidate the public, and dominate through disruption. Gachagua’s team, instead of selling ideas, has become better known for importing tension and exporting fear. This is not leadership—it is organized disorder.
If Gachagua cannot win hearts through policy and persuasion, then using chaos to bully his way back to power is a reckless alternative that Kenyans must reject. Politics must never return to the era of hired goons, threatened residents, and silenced dissent.
We must ask: what kind of Kenya is Gachagua campaigning for, if his rallies resemble warzones and his allies walk with impunity? If this is a preview of the governance he promises, then the future under his leadership looks bleak and violent.
Kenyans deserve leaders who bring people together—not scatter them with teargas. Leaders who build trust, not fear. And most importantly, leaders who understand that democracy is about ideas, not intimidation.
Rigathi Gachagua must be held accountable for the growing culture of political thuggery linked to his movement. We’ve come too far to allow anyone—however disgruntled or ambitious—to drag us back into the darkness of chaos politics. Enough is enough.
