Rigathi Gachagua’s double standards have reached new heights of shamelessness.
For months, the impeached former Deputy President has toured Mt Kenya rallies branding any Kikuyu leader who aligns with President William Ruto a “traitor”, “sell-out”, “gatekeeper” or “enemy of the people” unfit for election. He warns voters: side with State House and you betray the community.
Today he shredded that script in broad daylight.
At DCP headquarters this morning, Gachagua personally welcomed former nominated Senator Millicent Omanga — a prominent Kisii — into his Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP). Omanga, who ditched UDA, was received with fanfare, photos, and promises of support as she eyes the Nairobi Woman Representative seat on the DCP ticket.
The irony is suffocating.
When Kikuyus cross to Ruto, Gachagua cries tribal betrayal. Yet he eagerly recruits a Kisii woman whose natural political home — by his own tribal playbook — should be with fellow Gusii heavyweight Fred Matiang’i in the united opposition.
Recall the opposition’s high-profile Kisii-Nyamira tour in late February 2026: principals including Kalonzo Musyoka, Eugene Wamalwa, Martha Karua and Matiang’i himself rallied to consolidate the Gusii vote solidly behind one of their own — Matiang’i — as the region’s flagbearer against Ruto in 2027.
Gachagua, a supposed ally in that “united” front, has now sabotaged it by cherry-picking Omanga (“Mama Miradi”) for his own multi-ethnic machine.
This is not leadership. It is pure scheming. Tribal loyalty is sacred only when it serves Rigathi Gachagua. When a high-profile defector arrives, ethnicity becomes optional.
Do these opposition figures believe a word of the ethnic sermons they preach? Or is it all cynical theatre to harvest votes while they quietly build personal empires?
Kenyans see through it. Gachagua’s hypocrisy is no longer subtle — it’s blatant, embarrassing, and disqualifying.
The man who demands unwavering tribal fidelity from others shows none himself. His 2027 ambitions just lost whatever moral ground they pretended to have.
