PREMIUM Gachagua's DCP forms vetting committee for defectors, sets entry conditions Party says it has received 816 defection requests, including from CSs. Politics 20 min ago Listen
Photo credit: Joseph Kanyi | Nation Media Group Mr Methu revealed the other committee members are Mr Nyutu, Senator Karungo Thang’wa (Kiambu), Kirinyaga Woman Representative Njeri Maina, Naivasha MP Jayne Kihara and her Kipipiri counterpart Wanjiku Muhia (Kipipiri) and Benjamin Gathiru (Embakasi Central).
However, Mwea MP Ms Mary Maingi said the vetting was evidence of Gachagua fashioning himself as a demigod to dictate the political destinies of aspirants in the Mt Kenya region, adding that “it is only God who will decide who gets elected or not”.
He said the DCP support base has remained unforgiving in the Mt Kenya region to supporters of Mr Gachagua’s impeachment in October 2024 after he had served for two years as Deputy President.
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PREMIUM Gachagua's conditions for defectors joining DCP DCP claims it has received 816 defection requests, including from CSs. Politics 20 min ago Listen
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