- He reiterated that he is not harbouring any grudges against Gachagua and will not repay evil with evil.
- Kuria claimed that before the Cabinet was dismissed, Gachagua had developed any inkling to targeting Mt Kenya leaders.
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Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria now says he will not allow the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
Speaking during a funeral service in Subukia, he said he has forgiven those who wronged him, adding that he is not holding grudges against anyone.
He reiterated that he is not harbouring any grudges against Gachagua and will not repay evil with evil.
"I will not agree for the Deputy President to be impeached. As long as I'm alive I will not allow his impeachment," Kuria said.
"We cannot pay a bad deed with a worse one, I have released him on free bond, hakuna shida (there is no issue)," he said.
Kuria claimed that before the Cabinet was dismissed, Gachagua had developed any inkling of targeting Mt Kenya leaders.
Speaking on Sunday in an interview with a vernacular media station, Gachagua downplayed the impeachment narrative allegedly being pushed by a section of his political nemesis.
Confirming that he had heard of the impeachment claims, he said he was not worried about them.
"If speaking for my people will be the reason for my impeachment, I'm ready to go home. I'm still young," he said.
According to the DP, the entry of ODM leader Raila Odinga and his troops into the Kenya Kwanza government has also been linked to the impeachment claims.
"I hear they wanted to impeach me but they did not have the numbers to do so. Now I hear that they are saying with Raila and his people in government they have the numbers to oust me if they unite," Gachagua said.
He said he had received a brief from President William Ruto saying the ODM leader and his troops were brought on board to help stabilise the country, not to impeach him.
"Ruto did not tell me Raila was coming with his people to get rid of me, he said they were coming to help and I believed him. So I am not taking the impeachment issues seriously," he said.
On claims that the impeachment is being spearheaded by MPs from the Mt Kenya region, Gachagua described the narrative as shocking.
The DP said it would surprise him why the group of leaders would orchestrate his ouster from office yet he has been on the frontline in agitating for the needs of the Mt Kenya region.
"My thinking is one, if it is our Mt Kenya people who are the ones after that motion, I would be so shocked because I don't know why they would have a problem. I'm speaking for Mt Kenya people," he said.
"Two, if there's that motion, they should collect the signatures where they were elected first. They should go back there because it is not the MPs who voted for me but it is Kenyans, especially the Mt Kenya people who supported me and Ruto overwhelmingly. It's not MPs who elected me. It's Kenyans. They should get the signatures from Kenyans, not MPs."