Governors Mutahi Kahiga & Njuki Take Jabs at Kindiki for Abandoning Mt Kenya

Two Mount Kenya region Governors faulted Deputy President Kithure Kindiki over what they termed as leaving the mountain behind and prioritising the rest of Kenya.

Speaking over the weekend, Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga and Tharaka Nithi’s Muthomi Njuki urged Kindiki to embark on uniting the mountain first instead of being the President’s stooge and doing as directed.

“Muthomi Njuki go and tell Kindiki to stop being afraid. He has not even come home in fear of being impeached. Did Gachagua die since he was impeached?” Kahiga quipped.

“He has never come home because he has been asked not to come to the mountain because his job is to unite Kenyans. How can you unite Kenya when you have not united your home?”

Ending his impassioned speech, Kahiga spoke to the deputy president directly, imploring him to break the shackles holding him back and visit the region with his head held high.

Echoing his remarks, Governor Njuki rained jabs at DP Kindiki stating that Tharaka Nithi had yet to reap any benefits despite producing a second-in-command.

“We are happy we got a Deputy President but that cannot be enough. We want the right to development promised during the campaigns to be achieved,” he stated.

Since resuming office in October last year, Kindiki has received mixed reception in the region with a section still rooting for the impeached DP Rigathi Gachagua.

However, Kindiki prominently avoided any public politicking in his few visits to the region, choosing to instead, further the government agenda.

In his most recent visit to the region in Embu, Kindiki reiterated his position to unite Kenyans and push the development agenda countrywide.

“The people who are trying to distract what we are trying to do for Embu, our region, and the country will also have an opportunity to explain what they did when they had their opportunity,” he stated.

Most notably, his predecessor was known for supposedly favouring the mountain region by warning political leaders from ‘touching’ the region, an assertion that highly contributed to his successful impeachment.

Governor Kahiga in his address, claimed that this fear of following the same fate as Gachagua has deterred Kindiki from putting the region first.