Nairobi, Kenya- Former Deputy President and Democracy for the Citizens Party leader Rigathi Gachagua has sensationally claimed that President William Ruto once showed up at his home “crying real tears” in a bid to secure his political backing.
Speaking during a candid interview with comedian and media personality Obinna on Friday, Gachagua said his support for Ruto wasn’t based on any formal deal—but on verbal promises and trust that now feels broken.
“I had no single document on the agreement,” he said. “The guy would come here and cry real tears. ‘My brother, please help me, I am a Christian, I am a good man.’ And out of sympathy, I said okay.”
Gachagua, now the face of the newly formed DCP party, painted Ruto as a political operator who used emotional appeals to gain allies—only to discard them later.
The two had teamed up ahead of the 2022 elections, forming a powerful Mt Kenya-Rift Valley alliance that helped propel Ruto to State House.
But behind the scenes, the DCP leader now says, the story was far more personal—and manipulative.
Gachagua believes Ruto sought him out specifically because of his close relationship with former President Uhuru Kenyatta, for whom he once served as a personal assistant.
At the time, Gachagua was under intense pressure to return to Uhuru’s camp after a falling out between Kenyatta and Ruto.
“He knew if I left him, he was done,” Gachagua said. “He feared my return to Uhuru would collapse his presidential ambitions.”
Their shared history, particularly within the politically influential Mt Kenya region, once made Gachagua a key player in bridging the divide between competing factions. He stood by Ruto during Jubilee’s bitter 2017-2022 power struggles, even accusing Uhuru of sidelining Ruto and his allies.
But Gachagua now says that loyalty was met with betrayal.
“If there is a deceptive guy, then it’s him,” he claimed. “He made me abandon my brother and kingsman Uhuru Kenyatta, a man I had worked with for many years, then he conned me through deception.”
What is clear, though, is that the gloves are officially off, and Kenya’s political drama just got a whole lot messier.
