Gachagua and Kalonzo vow to end Ruto’s presidency in 2027

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka have pledged to form a new government in 2027, using a Kitengela rally to deliver their sharpest joint attack yet on the Kenya Kwanza administration.

By Anne Njeri

Rigathi Gachagua, leader of the Democracy for the Citizens Party, and former Vice President and Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka yesterday told thousands of supporters in Kitengela, Kajiado County, that they will end President William Ruto’s administration at the August 2027 general election, promising to restore economic stability, constitutional order and government accountability.

Gachagua was unsparing. “We have, as a nation, in the last four years been treated to lies, lies, lies, dictatorship, runaway corruption, extrajudicial killings, lawlessness — name it,” he told the crowd. “But it is time to liberate our nation and the spirit of revolution is unstoppable.”

Kalonzo laid out the coalition’s manifesto in equally direct terms. “Kenyans are united against a predatory regime that takes, steals and kills,” he said. “With my brothers and sisters in the United Alternative Government, we shall restore the payslip, abolish slush funds like the Affordable Housing Levy, and guarantee every child an education from primary school to university.”

With nine months to polling day, the battle lines are drawn.

Some of the moments as captured in pictures

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