Murang’a senator Joe Nyutu has urged the former president Uhuru Kenyatta to reach to the former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua for them to reconcile and solve their differences.

Nyutu said Uhuru being the kingpin of the mountain region, he has the responsibility of ensuring the unity of the community and its leaders.

Nyutu said the coming together of the two leaders will play a very crucial role in giving direction to the community as the 2027 poll draws closer.

“I am urging the former president, because he is the big brother here, to reach out to Gachagua, they talk out and sort their differences,” remarked Nyutu.

“We would be happy to see them sitting together and sharing a cup of tea as friends,” he added.

Nyutu said as the 2027 general election draws closer, the region needs a leader who will give political direction to the community and the coming together of the two is very crucial at this time.

“If the two of them come together, am sure we will have a better guided community and have people speaking in one voice,” he added.

He said Uhuru and Gachagua being in opposition and coming from the same region, they need to bury the hatchet and work together in order to liberate the community.

“The opposition must remain united and give us one candidate who will face off with president William Ruto at the ballot,” said Nyutu.

Further, he said this will also play a big role in ensuring the united opposition remains together and will be able to produce one candidate as the flag bearer.

The rivalry between Uhuru and Gachagua emanated from political alignments before 2022 election when the former supported the opposition instead of his is then the deputy and this caused friction between them.

Their rivalry was much pronounced during the campaigns and in some instances resulting to verbal attacks.

Church leaders and elders from the community have on several occasions launched an appeal for a dialogue between the two leaders for them to reconcile but their efforts have not borne fruits.

Though no reconciliation announced, the former president seem to have softened his heart towards Gachagua which is made evident by his remarks warning the leaders in his party against insulting him.

 During a delegates meeting held in Murang’a last month, Uhuru was seen to be defending the former deputy president when he warned the leaders against using the Jubilee party as platform to insult others.

Uhuru, targeting Jeremiah Kioni, the party’s secretary general said he wants politics of maturity warning that anybody who will be found mudslinging other leaders will face disciplinary action.

The tussle over the kingpinship is still live, with Gachagua claiming to be the spokesman of the region but Uhuru who still has the leadership staff has remained mum about it.