Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has accused some authorities of trying to block his live interview with the Luo community.

He made the claims in a post on X on Wednesday evening, ahead of his scheduled appearance on the local Luo stations.

“Stop trying to have my engagement with the Luo Nation cancelled. It will not work!” Gachagua wrote:

He added that efforts to interfere with the broadcast were preventing the community from hearing him directly.

Gachagua said pressure had been placed on the authority to switch off signals.

“Stop pressuring the authority to switch off signals and deny the Luo Nation the opportunity to listen to me,” he wrote.

The former deputy president called for open access to all political voices.

“Allow the Luo Nation to listen to everybody and make an informed decision. This is a community of learned and intelligent people that has a huge capacity to interrogate issues as presented to them and decide what is useful and what are lies,” he said.

Warning against controlling voices

He also warned against attempts to control what the community hears.

“Don’t belittle the community by thinking you own them and that you can decide who should and who should not talk to them,” Gachagua added.

The row comes as President William Ruto steps up development projects in Luo Nyanza. Ruto began a four-day working tour of the region on Friday, 20 March 2026, and he visited Kisumu, Siaya, Homa Bay and Migori counties.

During the tour he launched the construction of the Naivasha–Kisumu–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway extension, broke ground for affordable housing projects in Yala and Nasewa, commissioned modern fish markets, and started work on the Ksh1 billion Usenge Pier in Siaya to boost water transport and the blue economy.

He also inspected roads, bridges, and other ongoing works before he concluded the tour on Tuesday, 24 March.

Gachagua, leader of the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP), frequently uses media platforms to speak directly to voters and discuss national issues. He insists the Luo should hear every political voice and judge for themselves.