# Another Blow For Ruto As Powerful Mt Kenya MP Ditches UDA, Joins Gachagua’s DCP

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- Published: 2026-11-13T13:04:16+00:00
- Author: Ibrahim Mohammed

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It seems as if the vote rich Mt Kenya region is becoming slippery for President 
Dr William Samoei Arap Ruto and his Kenya Kwanza Alliance Government.

Powerful politicians from the region are defecting daily from the ruling UDA and
join former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s Democracy For Citizens Party.

Runyenjes Member of Parliament Eric Muchangi Karemba has officially defected from
President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance to former Deputy President Rigathi
Gachagua’s Democracy for Citizens Party.

The second-term legislator was formally welcomed into the opposition outfit by Gachagua
at his Wamunyoro residence in Nyeri County on Friday, November 13, 2026, marking
the latest political tremor to hit the ruling party across the Mount Kenya region.

Karemba’s formal entry into DCP comes roughly two weeks after he publicly declared
in Runyenjes that he would not defend his parliamentary seat on a UDA ticket in 
the 2027 General Election.

Following his arrival at Wamunyoro, the Public Petitions Committee chairperson affirmed
that his political move was driven by the need to safeguard the interests and respect
of the Mount Kenya electorate.

His departure delivers a particularly sharp blow to the ruling administration in
Embu County, as Runyenjes covers the home turf of Embu Governor and UDA Chairperson
Cecily Mbarire.

Gachagua announced that Karemba will immediately team up with Mbeere South MP Gitonga
Mukunji to spearhead an aggressive grassroots mobilization campaign aimed at sweeping
the Embu gubernatorial seat, parliamentary slots, and all twenty county assembly
wards in the upcoming polls.

To cement the defection on the ground, Gachagua confirmed plans to tour Runyenjes
Constituency next week to formally introduce Karemba to local voters under the DCP
banner. Karemba’s exit adds him to a rapidly growing list of Mount Kenya lawmakers—
including Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba and Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe—
who have abandoned UDA as Gachagua consolidates his regional stronghold ahead of
2027.

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