Editor's Review

 Gladys Wanjiru Kipchumba, has responded to calls for her to return to Mount Kenya.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen's wife, Gladys Wanjiru Kipchumba, has responded to calls for her to return to Mount Kenya.

Speaking on Thursday, September 3, Wanjiru maintained that she was going nowhere and told those who claimed they were coming for her to keep off.

"I am the one whom people claim they will come for. I am going nowhere! I am not the same person that they bequeathed, and I have been well taken care of," she stated.

Wanjiru called out those pushing for her return, stating that she had not appointed anyone as her spokesperson, especially about her personal life.

"I have not asked anyone to speak on my behalf, so I don't know why those people pretending to be my relatives are doing so. I am firmly rooted here, and removing me would be a problem," she stated 

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Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen and his wife, Gladys Wanjiru Kipchumba.

She made the sentiments during the burial of Murkomen's maternal aunt, the late Mama Sokomo Chemitei Kojepkosgei, who passed away on August 31 after a short illness.

While announcing her death, Murkomen eulogised his aunt as a loving, caring peacemaker. 

"Throughout her life, she maintained close friendship and deep family ties with her younger sister - our mother, and they ensured we grew together with my cousins as one close-knit family, loving and supporting each other," he stated,

Gladys Wanjiru's statement came after former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua publically demanded that Murkomen return his wife to Mukurweini and take a wife from his own community.

Murkomen had termed the remarks as reckless and questioned why a leader seeking the presidency would make such comments. He warned that the sentiments were borderline tribal.

Gachagua's sentiments drew criticism from female Members of Parliament, who slammed Gachagua over gender-based political attacks.

The women leaders reiterated that the wives and families of politicians should not be dragged into the bitter political rhetoric.

“Our concern is the manner in which these disagreements have been expressed, particularly where women leaders, women spouses and women in vulnerable circumstances have been singled out, personally attacked, undermined or drawn into political confrontations,” the MPs said.