Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has declared that nobody will ever again come between him and retired President Uhuru Kenyatta, signalling a renewed relationship between the two leaders following their political fallout ahead of the 2022 General Election.
Speaking during a requiem mass at PCEA Nairobi West Church on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, Gachagua blamed President William Ruto for the fallout between him and Uhuru in the lead-up to the 2022 General Election, using the metaphor of Satan to describe the person who made their ways drift.
Gachagua said the divisions had separated them after living together as family and sharing a close friendship for many years but maintained that the differences had now been overcome.
He accused other unnamed individuals of coming between him and Uhuru to create misunderstandings, saying such attempts would not succeed again.
“Mtu anaingia katikati ya Uhuru Kenyatta na mimi, anatukosanisha. Lakini Mungu ni nani? Shetani ameshindwa,” Gachagua said.
Translated, Gachagua said anyone who comes between him and Uhuru to create divisions would not succeed, adding that Satan had been defeated.
He further said they have now reunited and were now together as a family, urging them to maintain their unity.
“Sasa tumekaa pamoja kama familia. Familia ikae pamoja,” he said.
Gachagua was categorical that he would not allow a repeat of the political divisions that strained his relationship with the former president.
“Let me say today, nobody, nobody can succeed ever again to come between me and my brother President Uhuru Kenyatta,” he declared.
The fallout between Uhuru and Ruto’s camp became pronounced in the run-up to the 2022 General Election, when the then President backed Raila Odinga’s presidential bid under the Azimio la Umoja coalition, while Gachagua served as Ruto’s running mate on the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket.
Ruto and Gachagua eventually won the election, defeating the Azimio coalition, but the relationship between the two leaders later deteriorated.
Gachagua was impeached as Deputy President in October 2024 following a political fallout with Ruto.
His latest remarks place renewed focus on his relationship with Uhuru and the political divisions that shaped the 2022 election period, as he insists that no one will again be allowed to drive a wedge between them.
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