Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is cutting short his United States trip to return to Kenya and lead his Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) in upcoming by-elections, intensifying a political rivalry with President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA).

• Gachagua departed the US after a three-week visit, citing important engagements with Kenyans in the diaspora.
• The announcement comes amidst an escalating war of words between Gachagua and Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, triggered by Gachagua’s claims linking President Ruto’s administration to terror groups, including Al-Shabaab and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
• Murkomen has vehemently dismissed Gachagua’s allegations as reckless and harmful to Kenya’s global image, urging him to provide documented evidence for investigation and at one point questioning his mental fitness.