Rigathi Gachagua is the kind of leader who says one thing and does the opposite — depending on where power lies. When he was Deputy President, he defended the government fiercely, supported police crackdowns, and dismissed protesters as criminals. He stood by harsh policies without apology. But now that he’s out of power, he suddenly speaks like an activist, pretending to care about the same people he once ignored.
This behaviour is not new. Gachagua has a long history of switching sides when it suits him. In 2017, he won his Mathira MP seat under Jubilee and praised President Uhuru Kenyatta. But as soon as power shifted, he jumped ship to support Ruto and became Deputy President. When things didn’t go his way again, he quickly positioned himself as an opposition voice — not for principles, but for survival.
He now talks about betrayal and injustice. But Kenyans must ask: where was this energy when he had the power to fix the system? Why didn’t he speak up when young people were being beaten in the streets? Why was he silent when the economy hurt the ordinary citizen?
Gachagua’s biggest problem is not betrayal by others — it’s his own greed and ambition. He treats politics like a ladder, stepping on anyone to climb higher, then blaming others when he falls. He wears loyalty like a costume, and lies like a mask — changing depending on the audience.
Kenyans deserve leaders who are the same in public and in private. Leaders who say what they mean and stand by it — even when it’s not popular. Gachagua has proven time and again that he is not that kind of leader.
A two-faced politician should never be trusted with a nation’s future.
