In the wake of last year’s impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, MPs from the central region were seized by fear.
They dared not visit their constituents, fearing probable public backlash, and most operated solely from their Nairobi offices. Gachagua has publicly urged his supporters to ‘punish’ MPs who voted in support of the controversial 2024 Finance Bill and subsequently supported his ouster as the country’s second in command.
His warning exacerbated the situation for legislators, who avoided their constituencies out of fear of hostilities. Several of them eventually threw caution to the wind and toured their areas, only to face hostile receptions.
To date, the fear has gradually faded, with a cross-section of legislators publicly chest-thumping and declaring they have no regrets about impeaching Gachagua.
One such MP is Githua Wamacukuru of Kabete, who on Sunday, November 9, 2025, spoke out strongly, explicitly stating that he has no regrets regarding Gachagua’s impeachment. He dismissed the former DP as a retrogressive leader who lacked leadership acumen and was a tribal bigot.
”I can confirm without fear of contradiction that I was among those who voted for his ouster and that I have no regrets,” Wamacukuru told worshippers at Worldwide Gospel Church in Kawaida, Kiambaa Sub-County.
He added, “Building schools and constructing roads is expensive and would have been hard for him, but building a toilet was not. Yet, he didn’t build a single toilet for us, only wasting two years preaching tribalism.”
He was flanked by MPs Njuguna ka Wanjiku, Gabriel Kagombe, Ann Wamuratha, Alice Ng’ang’a, Nelson Koech, and Felix Jalang’o, as well as National Assembly Leader of Majority Kimani Ichung’wa.
The leaders praised the Kenya Kwanza government, saying it has achieved most, if not all, of the promises it made in 2022.
”Mt. Kenya has achieved much more than any other region in the country. We have road construction going on in almost every constituency; the region is actually like a construction site,” said Ichung’wa.
He accused Gachagua of demeaning people brought up by single mothers, citing MP Kimani Wanjiku as an example.
Last week, Gachagua urged voters in Mt. Kenya to elect learned leaders in the future, as opposed to electing nonentities.
”In other regions, they elect reputable lawyers and professors, but you people elect nonentities who know nothing about lawmaking,” Gachagua asserted.
