Former Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) board chairperson Irungu Nyakera has recently noted that his Farmers Party is still in the Kenya Kwanza coalition, but his heart is still not there.
His confirmation comes after President William Ruto fired him as the KICC board Chairperson.
According to Nyakera, he was fired from the position because he supported former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
Former KICC board chairperson Irungu Nyakera says his Farmers Party is still in the Kenya Kwanza coalition. Photo: Courtesy.
“Before the 2022 elections, my party, the Farmers Party, joined UDA within the Kenya Kwanza coalition. There were coalition agreements on how we would work together…Wetangula, Muturi, Kingi, we were all there. Two years later, we started being removed. Gachagua was the first to be removed. Next, I was removed from KEMSA and taken to KICC. Later, we seemed like we were supporting Gachagua in one way or another, and made them see that we are criticizing the government and we should also be removed. We are still in Kenya Kwanza, but our hearts are no longer there,” Nyakera noted.
The former board chairperson was fired in a special gazette notice dated April 1, 2025.
Previously he served as the chairperson of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) before he was moved to be the KICC board chair.
Before being sacked, Nyakera had announced he would not attend President Ruto’s Mt region tour as he was in school at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.
Irungu Nyakera was replaced with Samuel Waweru Mwangi.
