National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah has dismissed accusations by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua that he orchestrated the burning of public buildings in Kikuyu Constituency.
Ichung’wah was responding to Gachagua’s earlier press briefing, where the ousted DP claimed that the recent attacks on a police station and the Kikuyu Law Courts were staged to implicate his political allies and portray them as criminals.
In a strongly worded statement issued on Wednesday, the Kikuyu MP blasted the claims as “pure madness,” accusing Gachagua of spreading hate and inciting chaos in a desperate attempt to shield his inner circle—who Ichung’wah insists were clearly captured on video committing criminal acts during the June 25 anti-government protests.
He held nothing back in blaming Gachagua for his own political downfall.
“The only person responsible for Gachagua’s political failure is Gachagua himself. His downfall was not engineered by anybody other than himself. It was brewed in his pot by his politics of lies, intimidation, and calculated chaos,” he said.
Ichung’wah Defends Arrests of Gachagua Allies
The Kikuyu MP furhter addressed claims that recent arrests of Rigathi Gachagua’s allies are politically motivated, insisting the charges stem from “clear, damning evidence” linking them to violence and looting during the June 25 anti-government protests.
He singled out Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji, alleging he was filmed mobilizing gangs to loot Spur Mall on Thika Road. Ichung’wah also revealed that protestors targeted his home and that of his elderly parents in Kikuyu during the same protests, which he believes were politically incited by Gachagua’s loyalists.
“Gachagua’s allies, whom he has sponsored and shielded, are not victims. They are perpetrators, charged in courts of law. Justice is not found at press conferences or on social media; it is found in the courtroom.”
He credited neighbours and police officers for thwarting the attempted arson at his family’s properties.
“Thanks to my neighbours and patriotic officers, an attempt to torch my house and that of my parents was repulsed.”
Ichung’wah dismissed Gachagua’s narrative of political persecution as a desperate distraction from looming legal consequences. He warned the former Deputy President against dragging President William Ruto or himself into his troubles.
“Don’t mistake accountability for persecution… Name-dropping the President or me will not rescue Gachagua or his co-conspirators. Kenya sees through the madness,” Ichung’wah said.
In a sharp rebuke, he added, “It’s not politics anymore, it’s pure madness… He’s not just wetting his pants in fear; he’s drowning in his own deceit.”
At the same time, Kimani Ichung’wah doubled down on his support for Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment, defending Parliament’s decision as a necessary move to protect the country from political thuggery.
“It was not President William Ruto nor Kimani Ichung’wah who got him impeached. He got himself impeached. Through violence. Through lies and through pure political thuggery. And today, Kenya sees why,” Ichung’wah stated.
