Speaking to residents in Kiambaa, Ichung’wah warned that Gachagua’s rhetoric threatens to isolate the Mount Kenya region from the rest of Kenya. He urged voters to reject divisive politics, questioning where ordinary citizens without overseas property would go if political outcomes fail to suit individual leaders.
“He is trying to sell us hatred. I have heard others saying that if Ruto returns to office, he will relocate to America. You have a house there, but what of the Kiambu people who don’t? Where will they go? Let us not buy hatred. We cannot stand ourselves in this country alone; we need other Kenyans,” Ichung’wah said.
Ichung’wah also pushed back against the assumption that the region’s seven million registered voters will automatically rally behind a Kikuyu candidate. Highlighting the cosmopolitan nature of the region, he noted that out of Kiambu County’s 1.3 million registered voters, nearly 400,000 come from communities outside Mount Kenya.
The criticism follows similar reactions from other prominent political figures. Prof. Makau Mutua, head of the Panel on Compensation of Human Rights Violations and Protest Victims, called Gachagua’s bluff, urging him to pack his bags for the US immediately while asserting that Ruto’s re-election remains inevitable.
“I welcome Wamunyoro to flee to the US now because the die is cast for Tutam! He should save himself the trouble,” he said.
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