- Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua welcomed former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua to her home in Gichugu
- The meeting between Gachagua and Karua comes at a time when the former vice president has been participating in many discussions with senior political leaders
- The two have not seen each other since the debate of the vice president, where they competed for the second most powerful seat in the country
Kenyans have come out on social media to express their views on the January 25 meeting between Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua and former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua.
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Are Gachagua and Karua united politically?
Gachagua, accompanied by his wife, Dorcas Rigathi, was seen on video hugging Karua at his ancestral home in Gichugu, Kirinyaga county.
The two leaders later held a private meeting, suggesting the possibility of a political accord between them.
The meeting between Gachagua and Karua was attended by Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba, Naivasha MP Jane Kihara, Kipipiri MP Wanjiku Muhia, and Kirinyaga Senator James Murango.
Karua announced on social media that he and Gachagua will be broadcast live on TikTokfueling more speculation.
“Join us live on TikTok. #UniteandLiberateKe,” Karua's tweet read.
Gachagua and Karua had not been seen together since the debate of the deputy president before the 2022 General Election.
How did Kenyans react to the Gachagua-Karua meeting?
Kenyans reacted on social media to the news of the meeting between Karua and Gachagua, with some speculating that the two might join forces to oppose the President William Ruto in the next election, while others suggest their unity may pose a threat to the Kenya First government.
Clerk Mutonga:
“Unity of purpose.”
Wanjiku K:
“How am I asking that Hon Karua be approved by Mount Kenya as their presidential candidate. He is enough! He is enough.”
Nabas Mutei:
“Gachagua has one agenda, not to become president but to ensure that Ruto resigns as a one-term president.”
Daisy Ndemo:
“This is what game I have started.”
Joseph Kihiu:
“Good.”
Savastano:
“You are very game.”
Koiet Naikumi:
“But all things are possible.”
Did Martha Karua withdraw from the Azimio coalition?
The meeting between Karua and Gachagua comes at a time when the two seem to have separated from their old political positions.
In a notice in the Government Gazette of January 23, the Registrar of Political Parties announced that Gachagua was no longer the deputy leader of President Ruto's party led by the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) after he was removed from office.
On Thursday, July 25, Karua announced that he had split from the United Resolution Alliance.
In a short notice to the General Secretary of the Declaration of Unity Junet Mohamed, the party Narc Kenya's Karua cited “ongoing political developments” as the reason for its immediate withdrawal from the Declaration's membership.
The party, along with others, started the coalition before the 2022 elections, where Karua ran for the seat of deputy president as a co-candidate of Raila Odinga.
She was seeking to become the first Kenyan woman to hold the post of deputy president.
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