Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has expressed confidence in his ability to challenge President William Ruto in a potential presidential debate, stating that his only regret would be missing the opportunity to confront the Head of State on a public platform.
Speaking during Martha Karua’s People’s Liberation Party special national delegation on Friday, Gachagua expressed his eagerness to face President Ruto in televised debates, confident in his ability to expose what he perceives as the administration’s failures.
“But I will have only one disappointment if I am not chosen, just one, which is that I will miss the opportunity to face President William Ruto in the presidential debates. Because if I face him in the debates, I will beat him in debating,” Gachagua stated. “That’s the only disappointment I would have. Otherwise, we will be available to do what we must do.”
The former Deputy President also pledged his full support to any opposition candidate chosen to challenge Ruto in the 2027 elections.
“Martha, I want to assure you that if you convince us you are the candidate, I will campaign for you the way I campaigned for Ruto,” Gachagua pledged.
The DCP leader also addressed the issue of insecurity in the country, launching a scathing attack on President Ruto’s administration for what he termed the use of criminal gangs to intimidate political opponents and disrupt public order.
Gachagua criticized the President’s international engagement on security matters while alleging that similar problems persist domestically.
“Even this Haiti thing, William Ruto cannot go to the UN to talk about criminal gangs in Haiti when we are having criminal gangs here in Nairobi and in Kenya being accompanied by police to terrorize Kenyans,” he stated.
The former Deputy President accused the administration of deliberately employing criminal elements for political purposes.
“William Ruto has turned to the use of criminal gangs to harass opponents, to disrupt meetings. During Saba Saba, criminal gangs under police supervision were burning supermarkets, they were stealing from people,” he alleged.
