Ruto wi*l easily win 2027 polls – Gachagua
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is confident that the Kenya Kwanza administration will be re-elected in the 2027 general election.
Speaking in Busia on Saturday, August 26, the country's second in command said President William Ruto would easily be re-elected because of his solid track record.
According to Gachagua, Ruto defied the odds to win last year's presidential election and nothing will deter him from clinching the presidency for a second term.
''I can see that you have some network, if our president defeated Uhuru (retired President Uhuru Kenyatta) who was with the chiefs and police in 2022, do you think he can lose in 2027? It will be a walkover,'' Gachagua stated.
He urged Busia leaders to abandon Azimio la Umoja - One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga and rally behind the Kenya Kwanza administration for the benefit of the region.
''The future of this country is in Ruto, the other side is full of darkness,'' he added.
The former Mathira Member of Parliament said the region's top leaders led by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula had "seen the light" and that's the reason they hold plum positions in the current administration.
''We thank Musalia and Wetang'ula for seeing light and crossing over to work with Ruto. Now Musalia is the prime minister and Wetang'ula the Speaker of the National Assembly,'' he added.
President Ruto and his deputy are in the region for a five-day tour that began today.
The tour, according to a statement by State House spokesperson Hussein Mohamed, will cover Busia, Bungoma, Vihiga, and Kakamega counties.
The President is scheduled to commission various development projects in the region during the visit.
"During the tour, he will inaugurate, commission, and inspect various government projects that directly benefit Kenyans, aligning with the government's bottom-up economic agenda," Mohamed said.
On Saturday, the President launched the Mulukhoba Fish Landing Site as well as presided over the opening of Busia County Referral Hospital's New Surgical Ward and the dedication of a library at Alupe University in Busia.
