Pastor Dorcas Gachagua hits out at Ichungw’ah for questioning her public role, cites family values

Former second lady Pastor Dorcas Gachagua has his out National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichungw’ah for questioning her presence at  her husband’s public events.

Speaking while in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, where she and her husband, Rigathi Gachagua, had been hosted by the diaspora clergy as he continues with his two-month tour of the United States, Pastor Dorcas defended her role as a supportive wife and emphasised the importance of strong family values.

“And as he supports me, I also support him, together with my children. There is nothing wrong with a husband being with his wife. That is the divine law,” the pastor stated.

In a video that went viral, Ichungw’ah criticised the former deputy president for taking his wife to rallies and public events.

Quoting from the scripture, Pastor Dorcas reiterated that marriage was a sacred union ordained by God.

“And I don’t know what anybody has a problem with, a husband moving with his wife. For Jehovah God says, they shall become one flesh. And they will be with each other, and they will be naked, and they will not feel ashamed,” she stated.

“So what is the problem with me and my husband? There is nothing wrong with my husband being with me, and I being with my husband. That is the divine law. The other thing is that family values must be entrenched in our societies,” she stated.

She went on to highlight the societal importance of family, linking the country’s struggles with mental health to broken homes and disintegrating family units.

“We are praying for families to be together every day in churches. Yet when a couple walks in unity, people have a problem?” the DCP Party leader’s wife posed.

While responding to claims that she is domineering and controlling her husband, Dorcas emphasised that their marriage is a partnership, built on mutual support in all aspects of life.

“How can you domineer a man like this? This man is causing a whole nation not to sleep?” Dorcas questioned.

“I will not stop loving my husband. I will not stop supporting him. I will not stop praying for him. I believe in his vision and his dreams, and I support that he talks the truth,” she said.

Her remarks come after Ichung’wah was recently criticised by netizens for attacking her.

The Kikuyu MP had questioned her frequent public appearances with Pastor Dorcas, mocking his popular slogan “Wamunyoro” and suggesting he was prioritising politics over his marriage. But he was condemned online as disrespectful and making unnecessary remarks.