Rigathi Gachagua wants to sell a dangerous lie — that if he is “taken care of,” then Mt. Kenya is taken care of. He wants to brand his personal political ambitions as the collective interest of the entire region. But Mt. Kenya is not a one-man show, and Gachagua’s greed should never be confused with community empowerment.
Today, Mt. Kenya holds the Deputy President’s seat and has seven Cabinet Secretaries. Yet Gachagua still goes around screaming that the region has been betrayed. Betrayed by who? This is not a man fighting for the people — it’s a man angry that he no longer controls the levers of power and money. It’s not about justice for Mt. Kenya. It’s about positioning himself at the centre of every government decision and reward.
Let’s not forget: Gachagua is the same man who, while in office, pushed for ethnic exclusion — dividing the country into regions of “shareholders” and “outsiders.” He had no time for unity or inclusivity. And now, when that same system begins to reject him, he wants sympathy from the same Kenyans he looked down on?
Mt. Kenya must not be dragged into Gachagua’s personal wars. Our region cannot be reduced to a tribal chess piece on one man’s political board. We cannot afford to regress into what Raila Odinga’s dominance did to Nyanza — where one leader’s word became law and any dissent was seen as betrayal.
Gachagua wants to eat alone, and when the plate no longer feeds only him, he cries betrayal. That’s not leadership — that’s entitlement dressed up as victimhood. Let him fight his own battles, but leave the name of Mt. Kenya out of it.
