Democratic Citizens Party (DCP) Deputy party leader, Cleophas Malala, has dismissed allegations by Jubilee Party Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni that former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is secretly working with President William Ruto.
Speaking in Malava on Tuesday while rallying support for the party's candidate, Edgar Busieka, in the upcoming November 27th by-election, Malala maintained that Gachagua cannot work or reunite with Ruto.
According to Malala, Kioni's remarks were attempts by some state-sponsored tactics to polarise the United Opposition due to its ongoing criticisms of the government.
Furthermore, Malala claimed that the Jubilee SG has never openly criticised the government in the past, calling him a mole within the opposition.
"I have seen there are people like Kioni who have embarked on diversionary tactics. These are people who are sent with specific instructions to divide the United Opposition. I want to ask him that if you are in the opposition and you cannot say a 'wantam' slogan, then you are a mole," Malala said.
"Kioni should stop sowing confusion, claiming that Riggy G is a Ruto project. Can Gachagua really be with Ruto? He should be warned that under no circumstances can we work with Ruto."
Three days ago, Kioni claimed that the former Deputy President was working with President William Ruto behind closed doors.
According to Kioni, Gachagua met leaders in Narok County at an undisclosed date, where he tried to explain why the DCP was denying Narok Town Ward aspirant Joshua Ole Kaputa a party ticket for the upcoming by-elections.
Kioni further claimed that the meeting had 15 members, among them members of the clergy, and that there was an arrangement made between him and President Ruto, and Joshua would be given a nomination at a later time.
Meanwhile, Kioni also cautioned the opposition against repeating past mistakes in their quest to field a joint presidential candidate ahead of the 2027 elections.
Kioni, a close ally of former President Uhuru Kenyatta, argued that the choices being made within the opposition risk handing Ruto an easy path to a second term.
He criticised the idea of leaving the decision of choosing a flag bearer to a few individuals even as opposition leaders appear to be undecided on the way forward.
