Mt Kenya

Building on late 2025 calls for Mt Kenya East to break from the West, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki held 15 meetings across the region from March 1 to April 27, 2026, challenging Rigathi Gachagua's influence. Public Service Minister Geoffrey Ruku envisions a new bloc led by Kindiki, but faces local pushback.

April 27, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI

President William Ruto yesterday attacked former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, accusing him of suppressing democratic rights of Mt Kenya residents. He called Gachagua a dictator worse than colonizers and slave traders. The remarks came at Rubate Teachers College in Tharaka-Nithi County.