Gachagua Explains Why He is Flying to the US Amid Allegations of Stopping Him

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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has explained wherefore helium is heading to the United States of America, conscionable days pursuing the Saba Saba demonstrations, which near down a way of fatalities, injuries and nonaccomplishment of property.

While addressing the property connected Wednesday, July 9, 2025, Gachagua pleaded with his supporters “to recognize him” for travelling to the U.S. conscionable days pursuing the aftermath of the deadly demonstrations.

The erstwhile DP further claimed that undisclosed individuals person threatened to forestall him from leaving the country.

The scheduled travel is notably acceptable to beryllium his archetypal overseas outing since his ouster from bureau past October.

“Tonight, I volition beryllium travelling to the U.S. to speech to Kenyans successful the diaspora and the planetary assemblage astir the authorities of the nation. I would person wanted to enactment successful the state astatine this precise hard clip erstwhile our radical are nether siege, but I person engagements that I’m not capable to postpone. I person been threatened by radical adjacent to (President) William Ruto, who called immoderate of my radical contiguous that they volition privation to halt maine from leaving the country,” helium said.

“If you privation to travel and apprehension maine astatine the airdrome arsenic you are threatening us, you tin spell ahead, I don’t person a problem. As I americium retired of the country, if I’m not stopped from going, we person made capable arrangements with different leaders successful the United Opposition to make a excavation of lawyers to travel successful for our young radical who are being prosecuted for trumped-up charges.”

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Gachagua acceptable for U.S. tour

Back successful June, reports emerged that the erstwhile DP, who present leads the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP), would circuit respective cities successful the U.S. betwixt July and August successful a bid to woo the Kenyan diaspora up of the 2027 elections.

The reports indicated that helium is acceptable to sojourn cities specified arsenic Dallas, Seattle, Boston, and Baltimore during the circuit wherever helium volition clasp respective municipality hallway meetings with Kenyans surviving successful the U.S. and be societal gatherings to beforehand his docket for the diaspora community.

The erstwhile DP is besides expected to interact with selected American businesspeople and investors arsenic portion of a broader run to presumption the absorption arsenic a viable alternate successful the run-up to the 2027 wide election.

Meanwhile, Gachagua has denied claims that the absorption is readying to “overthrow” President William Ruto from power.

This comes aft President Ruto, successful a connection earlier, warned against attempts to “overthrow” the authorities done “unconstitutional means”, claiming caller convulsive protests were sponsored.

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Speaking during a circuit astatine Kilimani, Nairobi, the Head of State firmly declared that his rivals volition not win successful forcibly removing him from powerfulness done “unconstitutional means”.

He said helium volition not let the state to beryllium destabilised by individuals pushing for a alteration successful enactment extracurricular of the law process.

The President further dismissed what helium described arsenic attempts by impatient groups to unit an aboriginal modulation of power, saying specified efforts would not succeed.

Addresses claims of overthrowing Govt

At the aforesaid time, helium called connected his critics to hole for the 2027 wide predetermination if they judge they person amended policies to connection Kenyans.

“This state volition not beryllium destroyed by a fewer radical who are impatient and who privation a alteration of authorities utilizing unconstitutional means. It is not going to happen,” Ruto stated.

“If they person plans, let’s conscionable successful 2027. They should hole their manifesto, and past we volition conscionable successful 2027. There is nary shortcut successful between.”

However, Gachagua said the ‘wantam’ question is not seeking to prehend powerfulness unconstitutionally.

“We privation to counsel you that the wantam question is not getting you retired of powerfulness extracurricular the Constitution,” Gachagua said.

“Mr. President, cipher wants to overthrow your government, cipher wants you retired of powerfulness done unconstitutional means.”

The erstwhile 2nd successful bid besides said the opposition, which has made its presumption clear, lone seeks to region Ruto from State House done the ballot successful 2027.

He criticised Ruto for alleging that determination is simply a crippled to “overthrow” his administration, maintaining that the assertion is an excuse to persecute absorption leaders.

“Nobody wants you retired of authorities unconstitutionally. We privation to look you connected the ballot successful August 2027, truthful conscionable relax,” the erstwhile DP said.

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