Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has announced his resignation from the United Democratic Alliance party.
The former DP said he made the decision following the realisation that he no longer shares the same ideals with the ruling party.
In a statement on Monday, Gachagua said that the decision takes effect immediately.
"By a copy of this letter, you are notified that I have officially resigned from the UDA Party with immediate effect. I have made this decision in knowledge of the ideals of the Party we believed in and so were millions of Kenyans, but now has turned out as the most dangerous political moment for the people and the Republic of Kenya in the retrogressive philosophy of an unfit class to govern our Nation,” the former DP said.
“It is my patriotic duty as a Kenyan, believing in the rule of law and millions of others who do so, in the sanctity of our constitution and respecting our forefathers and freedom fighters in the cause for our great nation, that I tender my resignation from the party.”
Gachagua claimed that the party has exhausted and wasted a Kenyan moment to take off economically, socially and politically.
According to Gachagua, most of the promises the government made during the campaign period have not been fulfilled.
Gachagua named sectors such as agriculture, healthcare, MSME, housing and settlement and Digital Superhighway and Creative Economy, where promises have allegedly not been fulfilled.
This comes months after the former DP was impeached, and senators voted to uphold at least five charges against him.
