Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has come out strongly to respond to the motion tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday, May 27, by Suna East MP Junet Mohammed.
The motion sought to discuss Gachagua’s recent controversial remarks in which he warned that if the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) mismanages the 2027 elections, the violence witnessed in 2007/2008 would look like a Christmas party.
In a statement posted on his X account on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, Gachagua blasted President William Ruto, accusing him of being the mastermind behind the motion.
He claimed that Ruto had instructed his allies in the National Assembly and Senate, whom he referred to as “Ruto’s choirs, to table the motion and use it as a tool to blame him for the government’s atrocities against the people of Kenya.
“The cornered William Ruto has ordered his praise and worship teams in the National Assembly and the Senate to table the motions this afternoon and try to blame Rigathi Gachagua for the atrocities against the people of Kenya,” Gachagua wrote.
Gachagua distanced himself from the issues being discussed in Parliament and threw the blame back at the President, referencing recent troubling incidents in the country, including the abduction of Juja MP George Koimburi.
He accused the president of attempting to shift focus from the continued terror activities by targeting him.
Junet’s motion against Gachagua
According to Gachagua, Ruto is using the motion as a distraction from pressing national issues, telling him that Kenyans are not fools who are just ready to be fooled by anyone, saying that they have since become clever.
This comes after a motion was tabled by Suna East MP meant to discuss the sentiments made by Gachaga during an interview.
The motion received overwhelming support from the members who stood up to support the motion, forcing the speaker to react to it and allocate one and a half hours to discuss the matter.
It was treated as urgent and of national importance, with Junet arguing that it risks taking Kenya to the dark days where there was witnessed bloodshed during the 2007/2008 post-election violence.
With each MP given time to contribute to the motion.
The speaker had further suspended the house business and statements that were to take place from 4, saying that it should be pushed to a later hour for the house to discuss the matter conclusively.
