Muturi: Ruto secretly met Chebukati, IEBC team before naming Gachagua running mate
By Kiprono Keileb, March 10, 2026Former Attorney General Justin Muturi has claimed that President William Ruto held a private meeting with senior Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials in the lead-up to the 2022 General Election.
In a statement shared on X on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, Justin Muturi recounts events he says took place just days before the presidential running mate was announced.
Muturi narrated how the meeting was arranged after Ruto contacted him while he was away in Mombasa and asked him to visit his residence in Karen upon returning to Nairobi.
“In May 2022, while I was in Mombasa, William Ruto called me and asked me to come meet him in Karen when I returned. When I got there, he wasn’t around. I waited for some time and eventually sent him a message saying I was leaving,” the statement reads.
He went on to describe a follow-up call in which he said Ruto revealed the people he was meeting at the time.
“He called me back and told me he was meeting ‘some three gentlemen.’ I asked, ‘Which ones?’ He told me himself: Wafula Chebukati, Abdi Guliye, and Boya Molu. This was just two days before he named Rigathi Gachagua as his running mate,” Muturi’s statement on X reads.
Muturi further claimed that the meeting took place privately at the Karen residence rather than at official electoral commission offices.
“They were meeting at the main house in Karen, not at the IEBC offices. The meeting was not official, and even the people who were coming there didn’t know it was happening. I don’t know what was discussed, but what I do know is that from that meeting, William Ruto was very confident he would win the 2022 elections,” former AG’s statement on X reads.