The former Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, has stated that, despite not liking the Nairobi governor, Johnson Sakaja, he does not want him to be impeached.

While speaking during an interview with local Meru radio stations, on Friday, March 7, 2026 the outspoken Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader said that although he is not on good terms with Sakaja, he does not wish to see him face an impeachment as he did.

He added that the embattled governor, who was recently on the verge of being impeached, should be given ample time and a good working environment to finish his term and be removed at the ballot by Nairobi residents themselves, rather than be ousted from office.

“Hata huyu governor Sakaja, mimi simpendi hata kama ameumiza watu wetu lakini sitaki atolewe kwa impeachment; apatiwe nafasi ya miaka tano amalize kazi yake, tutamtoa,” GAchagua stated

Gachagua pointed accusing fingers at the head of state, President William Ruto, claiming that he is behind the push to have Sakaja removed from office.

He noted that the president is facilitating members of the county assembly to push for the governor’s impeachment.

He also expressed concern that since the 2010 constitution came into place and devolution was introduced, it is only the Mount Kenya region that has developed a habit of impeaching its leaders.

“Tangu devolution ianze mlima pekee yake ndio inafukuza magivernor; watu wetu wanapenda pesa sana.”

Sakaja’s impeachment

This comes a few days after Nairobi South B MCA and County Assembly Deputy Minority Leader Esther Waithera Chege announced that there is a fresh impeachment motion against Sakaja, citing 22 grounds for his removal from office.

She added that the new impeachment attempt is independent from the previous one and that they are only counting days before presenting the motion to the county assembly clerk for tabling before it is laid in the assembly.

She stated that during the last impeachment attempt, when former Prime Minister Raila Odinga saved Sakaja, they had given the governor two months to change, which she claimed had not happened.

That, she said, is why they are seeking a new ouster motion.

Later, Azimio MCAs, led by their leader in the county assembly, who also serves as the majority leader, rejected the move and instead backed the Ksh80 billion cooperation deal that the governor had signed with the president.

Gachagua-Sakaja woes

Johnson Sakaja was among the leaders who were at the forefront of calling for Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment. He was also set to appear in the Senate as one of the witnesses in the impeachment case filed by the National Assembly against Gachagua, but he failed to turn up.

Since then, the two have been at loggerheads, with Sakaja labelling Gachagua a tribalist. On his part, Gachagua has declared that Sakaja will be a one-term governor, urging Nairobi residents to reject him at the ballot on Election Day.