Gachagua tells Ruto not to step in Meru if CJ Martha Koome is ousted 

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua Sunday went bare-knuckle in attacking President William Ruto warning him against purging Chief Justice Martha Koome.

There are plans to oust Koome and at least five other judges at the Supreme Court over among others incompetence.

Speaking in Meru on Sunday, Gachagua alleged that Ruto is hatching a plot to oust CJ Koome for failing to play to his tune, a move he has vowed will not go unchecked.

In a fiery tone, Gachagua dared Ruto to orchestrate Koome’s removal, warning that he would never be welcome in Meru.

“She is being fought because she has refused to be a ‘yes sir’ person. If you chase our Martha Koome don’t set foot in Meru. You chased Rigathi Gachagua and the Mt. Kenya people were silent you thought they were cowards.”

“We are telling you, if you dare plan to chase Martha Koome stay in Nairobi and do not step in Meru again,” he said.

Some thought this amounted to threats to the president.

Gachagua told Ruto to instead take on fights with his ilk and leave the CJ alone

“You fought with me because I am a man, leave Matha Koome alone she is a woman, why are you fighting women? Can you fight your fellow men?”

Gachagua further blamed political leaders in Meru for being silent while the alleged purge was ongoing, accusing them of taking bribes from the top office to remain mum.

“Martha Koome is being chased out and the Senator is silent, all the 10 MPs are silent. What is happening to the people of Meru? These are the descendants of the Mau Mau. What has happened to the leadership of Meru?” he posed amid an applause from the crowd

He threatened that if Koome is ousted, he will mobilise Meru residents to take the streets against the government, noting that the alleged onslaught from the State against the Mt. Kenya region is unbecoming.

“If she is removed I will blow the whistle for protests. Will you come out? We are not going to sit again as William Ruto destroys the leadership of Mt. Kenya. It’s too much it cannot be,” he added. .

“How do you take an entire community as fools? You have used us like tissue paper. We have elected you and you have turned against us. But God will not allow you to finish this community.”

Gachagua has fiercely taken on President Ruto and his administration since being impeached in October 2024, faulting leadership over poor governance.

Given the CJ, her deputy Philomena Mwilu are members and top officials at the Judicial Service Commission, there are plans for the remaining members at the commission to petition the president to form a tribunal to try them.

“The CJ, her deputy and other judges at the apex court have moved to court to challenge the petitions before the JSC. What happens when the judges refer the matter back to her desk for may be the empaneling of a bench to hear and determine the same? Will the CJ or deputy do it given they are the accused or recuse themselves?”

“That is why the commission is likely to ask for the formation of a tribunal in this matter,” said an insider.