DP Gachagua to meet Meru leaders in bid to reconcile Governor Mwangaza with MCAs

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said he will convene a meeting with leaders from Meru county in a bid to reconcile Governor Kawira Mwangaza with Members of the County Assembly.

The Deputy President on Sunday said he will be seeking to broker another truce after the failed impeachment attempt against governor Mwangaza, who was reinstated to office by the Senate last week.

It will be the third time the Deputy President is reconciling the Meru leaders.

This comes as a resident petitioned President William Ruto to dissolve the county government over the persistent wrangles. A number of Members of County Assemblies have also joined in the calls for dissolution of the county.

“Meru there was a problem and the issues have been resolved at the Senate. I had called the leaders for reconciliation but the peace existed only for one year. They started the wrangles again and we kept off. I will convene a meeting for the leaders including the governor, MCAs and MPs in a bid to bring them back together because Meru County is also very important to our Administration.” Gachagua said.

He was speaking in Embu during a Sunday service at St Anthony Catholic Church in Dallas and Kiajakoma Full Gospel Church in Runyenjes.

The DP said he will not give up in resolving leadership wrangles among feuding county leaders.

He added that it is his duty to ensure devolution is functioning.

He was accompanied by a group of 20 leaders and eminent persons from the county and the region led by the host governor Cecily Mbarire, Senator Alexander Mundigi, Woman Representative Njoki Njeru alias Double “N” and MPs Gitonga Mukunji (Manyatta), Muchangi Karemba (Runyenjes), Bernard Muriuki (Mbeere South), Geoffrey Kariuki (Mbeere North) together with Members of the County Assembly.

Other present include; MPs Johanna Ng’eno (Emurua Dikirr), Nimrod Mbai (Kitui East), James Gakuya (Embakasi North), Bernard Kitur (Nandi Hills), Anne Wamuratha (Kiambu Woman Rep) and Beatrice Kemei (Kericho Woman Rep) together with former Embu Deputy Governor David Kariuki and former MPs Geoffrey King’ang’i (Mbeere South), John Muchiri (Manyatta) were present.

Embu politician Githinji Kiragu, Digital Strategist Dennis Itumbi and popular comedian Vincent Mwasia Mutua alias Chipukeezy also attended the function.

In January and February, this year, the DP convened two reconciliation meetings between Meru leaders following protracted leadership wrangles after the Ward Representatives impeached governor Kawira December 2022.

The Senate overturned the impeachment, and DP Gachagua brought the feuding parties together.

However, the governor was impeached 10 months later and the Senate restored her.

Gachagua said that he had managed to mediate peace and resolve stalemates in Kericho and Kiambu counties, where leaders had feuds over governance issues.

Further, Gachagua said that the government was changing its tact in ambassadorial appointments and foreign policy strategy saying that the diplomats will have a mandate to aggressively market Kenyan products in their stations.

“We have instructed the ambassadors that their main duty is searching markets for Kenyan products such as miraa and avocados.” He said.

The Deputy President further defended president Ruto’s international trips saying that Kenya had reaped big economically from the tours.

“I will make a report on successes of the president’s international trips. The economy has benefited.” Gachagua remarked.