Blow To Gachagua As DCP Candidate Resigns, Chose To Vie As Independent Candidate In By-election

STESHA Posted on 3 months ago 2 min read

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Democracy for the Citizens Party leader Honorable Rigathi Gachagua will have to move with speed and put his house in order. As the by-election campaigns intensify, the party has been left in a punic mode after the withdrawal Of the candidate who was poised to win.

Kenyans online have asked Gachagua and his team to be very careful and make good political calculations if they want to defeat the United Democratic party candidate in the upcoming by-election.

According to Hon. Robert Mbui, who was the DCP party candidate in the Mbeere North by- election. He has decided to move out of the DCP party and go for the same seat and independent candidate.

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His reason is the move DCP party made of supporting DP party candidates as a United opposition team. He has maintained that, his ambitions will not be stopped by local arrangements made by a section of people within the coalition.

“I have been watching with a keen eye the ongoings at the DCP party and have come to the conclusion that the party is a members club within the so-called “United Opposition” The club has been influenced to decide that DCP should not field a candidate in Mbeere North, which decision I view as a deliberate attempt to kill my ambition and that of the KivuiKivui fraternity.
Arising from this, we have decided to go INDEPENDENT. We have always been independent and shall win as INDEPENDENT. ” Posted Mbui.

With this revelation, Gachagua and his team might be forced to move with speed and settle the matter. If hon. Mbui goes in all alone, he might split the votes and this might favour President William Ruto’s candidate.