Tuesday, October 24, 2023 – Former Kiambu County Governor, William Kabogo, opened up on the state of his relationship with Former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Speaking during an interview, the firebrand politician accused the former President of being a cunning, disloyal friend who tried to undercut him on multiple occasions.
To back up his claims, Kabogo, who ran for the Kiambu Gubernatorial seat on The National Alliance (TNA) ticket in 2013, accused Uhuru, his party leader at the time, of quietly drumming up support for another candidate.
The candidate in question was National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) candidate James Nyoro, the former Kiambu Governor.
During the interview, Kabogo revealed that Uhuru’s lawyer ended up representing Nyoro in court. Kabogo sued the party when he noticed a billboard promoting Nyoro had been put up in Muthaiga bearing Uhuru’s face and TNA branding.
“In 2013, they tried to drop me (from the gubernatorial race), the same Uhuru Kenyatta that I was working with,” he lamented.
“In 2013, they gave Nyoro (James, former Kiambu Governor) a ticket under NARC and they put up a billboard at Muthaiga displaying Nyoro and Uhuru’s faces.”
Decrying the political underhand dealing, Kabogo revealed that he decided to sue the party and its leaders. The fallout, however, extended to the following political campaign cycle where he accused the party of preferring Ferdinand Waititu.
“During Waititu’s time, I complained to the now President (William Ruto). I tried to blame him and it got so heated because I never hide how I feel. I told him, ‘You fixed me,’ and he simply told me, ‘William, I can feel you but I know you know where your problems came from,'” he narrated.
Kabogo later felt sidelined after he was overlooked by Uhuru for the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (EGH) award, the second-highest honour awarded by the Kenyan Government.
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