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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has announced that he has the blessings of the Mt Kenya region to pursue his 2027 presidential ambition. Speaking during a Sunday, September 14, 2025, church service in Nyeri, Gachagua announced that he chose to embark on his State House mission from Mt Kenya after the majority of Kenyans endorsed him as the best candidate to succeed President William Ruto.
“I came home yesterday to ask for blessings before I begin this journey. As I started this journey, I needed blessings from home,” he said.
He told the congregants that if elected president, he would avoid making unrealistic promises, stressing that Kenya’s economy is struggling under a debt burden that has now reached Ksh 12 trillion.
Gachagua declared that his presidency would focus on restoring Kenya to where the late President Mwai Kibaki left it in 2013.
“I don’t want to promise the country lies that I will build roads, dams, or electricity projects if Kenyans elect me as president. I don’t want to promise lies to the people of Kenya,” he said.
The former Deputy President vowed to prioritize economic relief, beginning with what he described as restoring “the dignity of the payslip.”
“Rigathi Gachagua wants to restore the dignity of the payslip. Most Kenyans have had their payslips raided, leaving them with no purchasing power,” he added.
Scrapping the Housing Levy and Refunding Kenyans
Gachagua reiterated that his administration would scrap the controversial housing levy on the first day of his presidency. He promised to hand over the ongoing affordable housing programme to county governments to manage. Under the plan, counties would collect rent from the units and refund money to Kenyans who had contributed to the fund.
“I will restore the dignity of the payslip on the first day by scrapping the housing levy and handing over all those houses to the county governments to manage them and collect rent and pay rent to all those whose money was deducted,” Gachagua said.
The former DP also pledged to revive Kenya’s healthcare system and education sector, saying his government would prioritize essential services for ordinary citizens.
“I only want to restore the Kenyan state to where Mwai Kibaki left us, and a few things we want to do include restoring the healthcare system so that when we go to hospitals, there are drugs, and restoring the education system with the free education that Kibaki left,” he said.
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