Let’s do some simple math.
The Gen Z uprising happened in June 2024. Rigathi Gachagua — aka Mountainman RG — was impeached in October 2024.
So help me understand this: how can a man who was kicked out of office months after the youth took to the streets now claim to be their midwife? How can you be the father of a movement that rose up against everything your politics represents?
Gachagua is trying to jump on a train that left the station without him — and frankly, because of him.
Let’s not forget:
When young Kenyans poured into the streets, they weren’t just protesting the Finance Bill. They were protesting the very culture of political entitlement, tribalism, corruption, and arrogance that Gachagua had come to symbolize. They were demanding a new Kenya — one where leaders are not self-serving, and where youth are not seen as a voting bloc, but as partners in shaping the nation.
Gachagua was never with the youth. He didn’t stand with them. He didn’t speak for them. In fact, his brand of politics — loud, divisive, tribal, and transactional — was everything they rejected. Now that the Gen Z wave has shifted Kenya’s political landscape, he’s trying to ride it in slippers.
The truth is: the youth don’t need a midwife. They’ve already given birth to a new political consciousness — fearless, leaderless, and brutally honest.
Let us give credit where it’s due. This movement was not created in boardrooms, at political rallies, or in State House corridors. It was born in TikTok lives, Twitter Spaces, Instagram reels, and handwritten placards. It came from pain, debt, dreams deferred, and a collective roar that said “Enough is enough.”
Rigathi Gachagua doesn’t get to rebrand himself as the savior of a generation he once ignored, belittled, or used for cheap applause. He had his time — and he used it to divide, not to build. Now, the youth are here to do what leaders like him failed to do: fix Kenya for all of us.
So no, Mr. Gachagua, you are not the midwife of this movement. You are one of the reasons it had to be born.
