The office of the Deputy President has protested reports that Rigathi Gachagua is seeking a new political party following recent wrangles in the UDA Party.
In a statement on Wednesday, May 29, the Head of Deputy Presidential Communication Service, Njeri Rugene termed the reports one-sided and laced with innuendos.
“The attention of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been drawn to an article published in the Daily Nation Newspaper and its Digital platform headlined: Gachagua seeks new party amid falling-out with Rute and Ruto-Gachagua tiff: DP Gachagua in search of new political outfit, respectively, on May 29, 2024. This one-sided false and concocted story is laced with innuendos and malice,” read the statement in part.
Rugene noted that associating DP Gachagua with another political party was done in bad faith and was aimed at undermining his role as the deputy party leader of UDA.
“To associate His Excellency the Deputy President with another political party, especially one with questionable association can only have been done in bad faith, with the sole intention of undermining His Excellency's role as the Deputy Party Leader of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party,” Rugene stated.
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She further mentioned that the reports are deliberately intended to disparage and attack the integrity of DP Gachagua.
Rugene demanded the retraction of the story and an apology to the deputy president from the local newspaper.
“The article also clearly violates the tenets of professional journalism that demand objectivity, balance, and fairness.
"In this regard, we demand a retraction of this fabricated article and an apology with the same prominence,” Rugene added.
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