South Murangiro MP Sylvanus Osoro/DPCSSouth Mugirango MP Sylvanus Osoro has criticised the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) party leader Rigathi Gachagua over his remarks alluding to making President William Ruto a one-term president.
Speaking during an economic empowerment engagement for small-scale traders' SACCOs in Kisii, Osoro dismissed Gachagua’s statements, citing his failure to complete his own term during his tenure as Deputy President.
He was referring to the DCP leader who vowed to unseat Ruto and make him a one-term president in the upcoming 2027 general elections.
“Hii kiti si ya mtu. Unakuja kutuambia hapa maneno ya one term. Wewe si utuambie maneno ya half term. Unaambia watu wako one term na wewe ni half term,” he said.
(This seat is not for anyone. You have been telling us about one term. Tell us about half term. You are telling people they will serve for one term, yet you served half a term)
He further ridiculed Gachagua’s political sway, stating,
“You could not even convince five MPs to vote for you.”
Osoro also hit out at the ex-DP over his 2007 remarks.
This was after Gachagua, during a previous media interview, warned that mismanagement of the 2027 elections could result in violence worse than that experienced in 2007/08.
"With the mood in the country, if the IEBC tries to mess with the elections, there will be no country here. I want to tell you, 2007 will look like a Christmas party," he said during the interview.
But the lawmaker hit out at Gachagua, opposing his remarks and stressing that the 2027 general elections would remain peaceful.
Gachagua, who was impeached in October 2024 and therefore unable to run for public office, is battling the removal from office in the High Court, seeking to overturn his impeachment by the Senate.
Until he exhausts all the options of appeal, Gachagua is eligible to hold a public office unless the courts affirm his impeachment. Gachagua has said that he will run for president in the 2027 polls.
