{"id":674,"date":"2026-10-08T14:21:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=674"},"modified":"2026-10-08T14:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:21:35","slug":"githunguri-mp-gathoni-wamuchomba-quits-ruling-uda-party-by-delson-visaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=674","title":{"rendered":"Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba Quits Ruling UDA Party By Delson Visaho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791469114678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791469114678.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791469114678-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Githunguri Member of Parliament Gathoni Wamuchomba announced on Thursday that she is leaving the ruling United Democratic Alliance and will not seek re-election on its ticket.<br><br> Speaking at a press briefing, she said extensive consultations with constituents, community leaders and the church had led her to conclude that her conscience would not allow her to continue associating with party figures she accused of showing disregard for other communities.<br><br>Wamuchomba specifically criticised Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale over remarks she described as targeting the Mount Kenya community and said her earlier calls for disciplinary action had been ignored. She stated she would defend her seat for a third term but through a different political vehicle that she will name after further consultations with voters.<br><br>The announcement marks another notable defection from UDA ranks in the Mount Kenya region as political realignments intensify ahead of 2027. <br><br>Wamuchomba had previously threatened to withdraw support from the Kenya Kwanza administration over similar concerns. She said she would now join ordinary Kenyans in calling out what she termed selective justice and disrespectful rhetoric.<br><br>Party leadership had not issued an immediate detailed response by late Thursday. The exit adds to a series of strategic shifts by politicians recalibrating their positions in the run-up to the next general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Githunguri Member of Parliament Gathoni Wamuchomba announced on Thursday that she is leaving the ruling United Democratic Alliance and will not seek re-election on its ticket. Speaking at a press briefing, she said extensive consultations with constituents, community leaders and the church had led her to conclude that her conscience would not allow her to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}