Rigathi Gachagua, George Natembeya, and Peter Salasya – you three are a walking travesty of leadership, prancing through Kenya’s political landscape like peacocks in a festering swamp of your own creation. Your recent “arrests,” which you parade as some noble martyrdom, are nothing but the inevitable fallout of your flagrant hypocrisy, opportunism, and disregard for the rule of law.
Kenyans see through your crocodile tears and your laughable attempts to masquerade as champions of justice. You are no heroes; you are leeches, draining the hope from a nation yearning for authentic leadership. Your actions – steeped in arrogance, divisiveness, and self-interest, betray the very people you claim to serve. Let us dissect your failures, expose your duplicity, and demand that you crawl back to the obscurity you so richly deserve.
Rigathi Gachagua: The Constitutional Delinquent
Rigathi Gachagua, you are a constitutional pariah, a man who treats the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) regulations as mere suggestions for lesser beings. Your premature campaigns for the 2027 elections, launched in defiance of electoral laws, are a brazen affront to the very Constitution you once swore to uphold as Deputy President. Your impeachment in October 2024 was not a political witch hunt, as you claim, but a justified reckoning for your gross violations of the Constitution, incitement of ethnic divisions, and betrayal of public trust. Yet, instead of reflecting on your failures, you’ve doubled down, forming the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) and rallying opposition figures like Kalonzo Musyoka and George Natembeya in a desperate bid to claw your way back to relevance.
Your tenure as Deputy President was a masterclass in divisiveness, marked by inflammatory rhetoric that stoked ethnic tensions and alienated entire regions. You accused President William Ruto of betraying the Mount Kenya region, yet it was you who failed to deliver meaningful development while in office, leaving your constituents to choke on the dust of your neglect. Your recent claim that the 2027 election could plunge Kenya into chaos akin to the 2007 post-election violence is not only reckless but a chilling reminder of your willingness to weaponize fear for political gain. You are no leader; you are a vulture, circling the carcass of Kenya’s patience, hoping to feast on its frustrations. Your threats of violence and incitement have drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum, and your evasion of law enforcement only underscores your cowardice.
George Natembeya: The Grandstanding Governor
George Natembeya, Governor of Trans Nzoia, you are a disgrace to the office you hold. Your county cries out for development – paved roads, functional hospitals, and sustainable jobs – but what do you offer? A relentless stream of toxic blabber, masquerading as leadership. Your so-called “meetings” are nothing but platforms for your inflated ego, where you spew venom against the national government while Trans Nzoia languishes in underdevelopment. Your public spats, including your feud with Deputy Governor Philomena Kapkory, reveal a petty showman more interested in power struggles than governance. You blamed former Deputy President Gachagua for your fallout with Kapkory, a convenient scapegoat for your inability to foster unity in your administration.
Your recent arrest on May 19, 2025, following an Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) raid on your Kitale home, was met with protests from your supporters, who decried it as political persecution. But let’s be clear: the EACC’s probe into your alleged involvement in a KSh 1.4 billion scandal is not harassment – it’s accountability. You’ve positioned yourself as a critic of government excesses, particularly on issues like abductions, but your selective outrage reeks of opportunism. Your alignment with Gachagua and other opposition figures, as seen in your attendance at the DAP-K headquarters launch, signals not a commitment to reform but a calculated move to bolster your 2027 presidential ambitions. Trans Nzoia deserves a builder, not a loudmouth peddling empty promises and divisive rhetoric.
Peter Salasya: The Court Jester of Parliament
Peter Salasya, Mumias East MP, you are the court jester in this tragic political circus. Your arrest on May 16, 2025, while “joyriding” from Isiolo on your delusional presidential campaign trail, is a fitting metaphor for your absurdity. Your announcement of a 2027 presidential bid is as laughable as it is insulting, a fantasy as plausible as a pig sprouting wings. While Parliament debates critical legislation like the Finance Bill, you’re gallivanting across Ukambani and beyond, squandering taxpayers’ money on a fool’s errand. Your chronic absence from parliamentary duties is a betrayal of the voters who entrusted you with their mandate, and your presence in public is little more than a nuisance.
Your claim to champion the June 2024 Gen Z protests is particularly galling. Those young Kenyans risked their lives to demand accountability and an end to corruption, yet you – a self-proclaimed “conman” who swindled web developers out of KSh 800,000 – dare to co-opt their struggle for your own gain. Your record is barren of legislative achievements, your legacy a litany of stunts and scandals. The assault you endured at Nyayo Stadium on March 23, 2025, during a football match, is deplorable, but it does not absolve you of your failures as a lawmaker. You are not a leader; you are a clown, juggling lies and hoping nobody notices the chaos you’ve sown.
Hijacking Gen Z’s Struggle: The Height of Hypocrisy
The three of you have latched onto the June 2024 protests like parasites, sniffing an opportunity to revive your floundering careers. Those protests, led by Kenya’s Gen Z, were a clarion call for systemic change – a rejection of the corrupt, self-serving political class you epitomize. Yet, you have the audacity to ride their coattails, cloaking your naked ambition in the language of solidarity. Gachagua, you admitted to admiring the Gen Z movement but claimed you didn’t lead it – convenient, given your history of aligning with state machinery during crackdowns. Natembeya, your vocal stance against abductions is undermined by your own governance failures and allegations of ethnic bias against the Sabaot community. Salasya, your social media antics may appeal to a niche audience, but they do nothing to address the structural issues the youth are fighting.
The Gen Z protests were not about propping up your corrupt carcasses; they were about dismantling the rancid core of the political establishment you represent. Your attempts to co-opt their cause are not just opportunistic – they are a betrayal of the very future those young Kenyans marched for. You are the problem they seek to uproot, not the solution they aspire to.
A Nation Betrayed by Your Failures
Your records are a litany of failures, your legacies a monument to wasted potential. Gachagua, your tenure as Deputy President deepened ethnic fault lines and delivered little beyond divisive rhetoric. Natembeya, your governorship has been a parade of controversies, from EACC probes to public feuds, while Trans Nzoia’s development stagnates. Salasya, your parliamentary seat is an insult to every voter who believed in you, your contributions negligible at best. Together, you’ve built nothing, fixed nothing, inspired nothing. Your only talent is for chaos, and Kenyans are done with your sideshows.
Your wails of “persecution” ring hollow. Your troubles are self-inflicted, born of arrogance and a desperate hunger for relevance. The arrests you decry – Gachagua evading police, Natembeya facing EACC scrutiny, Salasya detained for incitement – are not injustices but the consequences of your reckless behavior. Nobody asked for your premature campaigns, your inflammatory statements, or your shameless grandstanding. Your dreams of future office are dead, buried under the weight of your own hypocrisy.
A Call to Kenyans: Reject These Charlatans
Kenyans, do not be swayed by the theatrics of these shameless charlatans. Gachagua, Natembeya, and Salasya are not your saviors; they are opportunists draped in the stolen valor of a cause they’ll never understand. Their arrests are not a clampdown on dissent but a step toward accountability for their transgressions. The Kenya you deserve is one led by principled, competent leaders who prioritize development over drama, unity over division, and progress over personal gain.
To the youth who powered the June 2024 protests, your fight is not in vain. Your vision for a better Kenya is within reach, but it requires rejecting the likes of Gachagua, Natembeya, and Salasya. Demand leaders who build roads, not rivalries; who deliver jobs, not jargon; who inspire hope, not havoc. These three are relics of a rotting system, and their time is up.
Cease your ill-timed, illegal campaigns. Pack up your egos and slink back to obscurity. Kenya deserves better than your pathetic charade. The people see you for what you are: a trio of self-serving hypocrites who have nothing to offer but noise. Step aside, or be swept away by a nation that has had enough.
