Bomet Governor Hillary Barchok has called out Kapsaret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi, accusing him of bringing shame to the government and disrespecting Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
Addressing the media on Monday, Governor Barchok stated that DP Gachagua deserved respect from the Rift Valley region noting that he supported President William Ruto, who is from their community, in the last elections.
Barchok highlighted that there were better avenues of addressing the deputy president and not at a public rally.
“We will not allow a few people to bring shame to our government, to our president and deputy president. I want to address the people of Rift Valley, the Mt Kenya region and DP Gachagua stood with us and we must respect him.”
“I saw someone exchanging words with Riggy G. He is our senior. If he has uttered anything offensive, there is a respectable way of addressing issues and not speaking at a public rally,” said the Governor.
This comes after Sudi publicly hit back at the deputy president on Sunday, insinuating that Gachagua was perpetuating divisive politics in the Rift Valley.
Sudi particularly pointed out at the Saturday meeting held by Gachagua and a section of leaders allied to him in Kesses, Uasin Gishu county, where the second in command castigated some leaders close to the president for what he said is causing bad blood between him and his boss.
“The problem is a few leaders here from this region who have proximity to the President ndio wanakoroga siasa ya huko kwetu kudanganya watu eti waaanze kupanga mambo ya 2032,” Gachagua said.
“The few people here wamefura wamekuwa na kiburi nyingi, wanafikiria ati sasa wamefika wanaweza kuja huko eti wapange viongozi wa mlima, ata sisi hatutakuja kuwapangia siasa yenu, lazima tuheshimiane,” he added.
In an apparent response to Gachagua, Sudi on Sunday said he would not be threatened by anyone to remain silent.
“You cannot control where I go. If we all stayed in our respective constituencies then we would not be in government. We had to fly all over the country to ask Kenyans to elect this government. I am not someone you can threaten. I have been threatened enough and this does not move me,” Sudi responded. .
The Kapseret MP said he will continue to hold Harambees to fundraise for churches, as he inherited this from Ruto when he was deputy president.
“You know I got this thing from Ruto. He passed it to me because now he is concentrating on national matters. So I have to continue doing this in any part of the country,” Sudi added.
The latest exchange comes after claims of fallout between President Ruto and DP Gachagua, especially after the latter went missing from key state functions for a week, only to resurface in Nyeri where he insinuated that there were certain Rift Valley leaders who wanted to cause strife between him and the president.
