Rigathi Gachagua has spent months hurling insults at former President Uhuru Kenyatta and other Mt. Kenya leaders who refuse to dance to his tune of “shareholding” politics and ethnic incitement.
But after facing heavy condemnation, he is now instructing his bloggers and DCP allies to stop attacking Mt. Kenya leaders not supporting him. His fear? That his reckless approach is sinking his chances of ever becoming Kenya’s sixth President.
But let’s be honest—Gachagua’s greatest enemy has never been Uhuru, nor his rivals. It is his own mouth. His brand of politics is a textbook case of self-cannibalism: a man feasting on his own career while blaming everyone else for his downfall.
The tragedy of Gachagua’s politics is that they thrive on division. But division only stretches so far before even loyalists begin to see the emptiness behind the slogans. The same voices shouting Wantam and Itungati today will, with time, have their Damascus moment.
2027 will not be won by insults or by holding the region hostage. It will be won by ideas, alliances, and the ability to unite. On that score, Gachagua is already playing catch-up—against himself.
