Fiery lawyer Miguna Miguna has launched a scathing attack on former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and his newly declared political ambitions, questioning his capacity for transformative leadership. Speaking during a Citizen TV interview on Sunday, Miguna drew on their shared university days to cast doubt on Gachagua’s suitability to lead Kenya.
Miguna recalled being at the university concurrently with Gachagua in 1987, though Gachagua was a couple of years his senior. He highlighted Gachagua’s then-support for President Daniel Moi’s single-party rule, a stance that, according to Miguna, revealed Gachagua’s fundamental character. “Gachagua does not represent transformation. He can never transform anything,” Miguna claimed.
“Rigathi Gachagua is William Ruto basically because he supported Daniel Arap Moi’s one-party state in 1987 when many of us were campaigning against it. He supported that through his life and continues to support it. That is why he is with Matiang’i,” Miguna asserted, drawing a controversial parallel between Gachagua’s past and his current political associations. He further claimed that Gachagua had continued to perpetuate similar ideologies alongside his “united opposition crew,” particularly by working with former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i.
Insisting that Kenya’s current political leadership required a complete overhaul, Miguna emphatically stated that none of the members within the perceived “united opposition” were fit to serve in top roles or effectively steer the country forward. Miguna, who framed his interview as a direct rebuttal to Matiang’i’s interview from two weeks prior, claimed that their mere association with Matiang’i was clear indication that they harbored no positive plans for Kenya.
He extended his criticism to prominent figures such as Kalonzo Musyoka, Martha Karua, and Eugene Wamalwa, claiming they were all unfit to lead the country. Miguna also opposed Trans Nzoia County Governor George Natembeya’s eligibility, citing alleged atrocities during his tenure as a county commissioner.
For years, Miguna has consistently blamed the former Interior CS, Fred Matiang’i, for his illegal detention and eventual forced exile to Dubai in 2018, as well as for other alleged atrocities, including extrajudicial killings and the discovery of bodies dumped in River Yala during Matiang’i’s tenure.
However, Miguna seemingly threw his weight behind former Chief Justice David Maraga, praising him for his past opposition to human rights violations.
“He is a good candidate. He represents a break from the past. He is not one of the oligarchs, but to the extent that he has not revealed his manifesto, I have not spoken to him, I cannot say anything beyond that,” Miguna stated.
“But I have to say that he definitely opposes the violation of human rights that occurred in 2018 and 2022, including the ones that occurred against me. He opposed the culture of impunity that was becoming and became a systemic institutionalized and weaponized by Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, so that is a positive candidate.”





















