DCP Leader Rigathi Gachagua has slammed President William Ruto for what he termed as outright humiliation and disrespect for his Deputy Kithure Kindiki during the ODM-UDA retreat in Naivasha.
Speaking on Wednesday, August 12, Gachagua questioned how Ruto could allow ODM leaders to openly express interest in the Deputy President position in Kindiki's presence.
He stated that the lowest moment was when a section of ODM leaders claimed that if Kindiki was to retain his seat in the 2027 election, then he should join ODM.
"Kasongo had planned to humiliate him, so he sent Simba Arati, who claimed that the DP seat belonged to ODM and that if Kindiki wanted it, then he should join the Orange Party. Kindiki bowed his head out of embarrassment," Gachagua stated.
The former DP further recounted a red-carpet moment when Kindiki was left out while Ruto and ODM Leader Oburu Oginga enjoyed the VIP treatment.
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He argued that the Head of State resorted to humiliating Kindiki because he wanted to dump him, but did not want the bad optics, so he opted to force him out.
"Just because he does not have numbers, and he has been rejected in the Mountain, what is the need to humiliate him? He is still a husband and father," he claimed.
Gachagua reckoned that the experience Kindiki is going through is exactly what he underwent, but unlike Kindiki, he fought back.
"Ruto and Oburu were on the red carpet while Kindiki was on the grass. When he tried that with me, I would push out anyone who attempted to walk on the red carpet. I did that to the Standard Two dropout and David Ndii," the DCP Leader added.
He further claimed that the fact that Kindiki was appointed and not elected made him complacent about the alleged ill-treatment.
Meanwhile, he trolled Ruto for working with an ODM that was on its deathbed. He claimed that Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna had taken over the original ODM, while he inherited the supporters from the Maasai region.
His sentiments came amid whispers that ODM demanded a 50 per cent share of the government in exchange for supporting Ruto's re-election.
According to sources privy to the meeting, ODM argued that since UDA took the presidential candidate, then they should have the running mate position.
