Ruiru, Sept. 4 — Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro pushed back hard against accusations that he is a political “mole” working to undermine the opposition from within, as he pressed on with meet-the-people tours in Ruiru’s Masakuu Market aimed at cementing a political identity independent of both President William Ruto and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
Speaking on Citizen TV on Wednesday, Nyoro rejected claims levelled by Kiambu Senator Karungo Thang’wa and allies of Gachagua, who have branded him a “coward, mole and double-speaker” and accused him of previously acting as Ruto’s instrument to undermine Gachagua during his time as deputy president. His critics have also raised questions over his Kenya Power shareholdings.
“I have fair relationships with all opposition leaders, including Gachagua,” Nyoro said, dismissing the attacks as the ordinary friction of political rivalry. “Sometimes in this rivalry, it so happens that instead of focusing on building your house taller, you focus on demolishing the other person’s house.”
He also moved to counter suggestions that his political repositioning was choreographed from State House, insisting the decision to build his own platform was his alone. “It was a decision on what platform can I best present myself to the country?” he said.
Nyoro formally quit Ruto’s UDA party on August 17, moving his outfit, the People’s Party of Kenya (PPK), into the opposition camp. He took over the party’s leadership in 2024 and has since sought to position it as a genuine alternative rather than a spoiler, telling supporters, “People’s Party is having a lot of acceptance and goodwill across the country.”
The suspicion trailing Nyoro stems in part from his history as one of Ruto’s most prominent political allies before the relationship soured. Gachagua’s camp fears that PPK’s entry into the opposition field could fragment the Mt Kenya vote and dilute the former deputy president’s regional influence heading into the 2027 election, a concern that has fuelled the “mole” narrative Nyoro is now working to shed as he tries to carve out standing of his own.