Gachagua claims Ruto once told him he wanted to be richer than Kenyatta, Moi families combined

The DCP boss, who is in the United Kingdom for a political tour, alleged that when he was still sharing a healthy bromance with the President, he revealed that he plans to be richer than the Kenyatta and Moi families.

The two families are widely known to have deep generational wealth, hailing from the family patriarchs — founding father and Kenya's first President — Jomo Kenyatta and his successor, Daniel Arap Moi.

"The president came to look for wealth and in the process he has destroyed the country. He is wealthy and I remember, when we were in good books, he told me that in 5 years he wants to be richer than the family of Kenyatta and Moi combined," he said in an interview Kenya Newsline.

He alleged that President Ruto has achieved his goal in just four years, however, at the expense of running public resources dry.

"It looked like a toll order to me and he said that he will be. Today, it is true that he is richer than both families but in the process, he has destroyed everything," he claimed.

The former Deputy President argued that many political leaders fail to execute their mandate because they seek elective seats to fatten their pockets and abandon their mandate.

"Leadership is a calling and not a ladder to wealth. It is not a formula for richness, it is about service. That is why you find many leaders who came to Parliament to look for wealth will not be re-elected," he said.

Being a political premier in the United Opposition, a faction that seeks to oust President Ruto in the 2027 General Election, Gachagua said that leading the nation to recovery will be an arduous task for the next regime.

"Even as we are looking for leadership we will have a difficult time because we will have to start from scratch to restore Kenya," he said.

Gachagua, alongside political leaders like Kalonzo Musyoka, former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i, People's Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua and others have been faulting Mr. Ruto's leadership, accusing him of incompetence and being corrupt.