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Runyenjes Member of Parliament Eric Muchangi Karemba has joined the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) days after announcing his exit from the ruling UDA party. 

Runyenjes Member of Parliament Eric Muchangi Karemba has joined the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) days after announcing his exit from the ruling UDA party. 

In a statement on Friday, November 13, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said he welcomed Karemba to the DCP party after the lawmaker visited him at his Wamunyoro residence. 

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“This morning at my Wamunyoro residence, I have welcomed the Member of Parliament for Runyenjes, Hon. Eric Muchangi Karemba, to the DCP Party after Decamping from UDA,” said Gachagua. 

The DCP party leader said Karemba will join Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji in popularizing the party in Embu. 

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File image of Rigathi Gachagua with Eric Muchangi Karemba and MP Gitonga Mukunji. 

Further, Gachagua said he will visit Runyenjes next week to formally present Karemba to the locals. 

“Hon. Karemba will join Hon. Gitonga Mukunji in popularising the party across Embu County as we work to win the governorship, parliamentary seats and all 20 wards. 

“Next week, I will travel to Runyenjes Constituency to formally present Hon. Karemba to the people of Runyenjes,” added Gachagua. 

On October 26, Karemba announced he would not seek re-election on the UDA party ticket. 

 The Runyenjes lawmaker said he would consult his constituents and leaders before announcing his next move. 

Karemba is the latest Mt Kenya politician to defect from UDA and join Gachagua’s DCP party. 

On October 9, Nakuru Senator Tabitha Karanja ditched the ruling party and announced that she would contest the Nakuru gubernatorial seat on the DCP ticket. 

Karanja said she recognised her supporters as the people who gave her the mandate to serve in the Senate. 

She emphasised that her supporters were responsible for her election, noting that even her party leader understood where her political mandate came from.

"I know very well that you people are my employers. You are my bosses. Even if I went to the Senate, my party leader knows very well who employed me. It is you people who employed me," she said.

Karanja also used her dressing to signal her intended political realignment, appearing in green attire as she declared her plan to seek the governor's seat under the DCP party.

"You can see I have dressed in green today. My clothes and even my ring are all green; I will vie for that seat (governorship) under DCP," she added.