In a series of posts on X on Saturday night, January 20, 2026, Kabando praised Gachagua for demanding accountability in what he described as a critical national education policy.
He said fairness in high school admissions is a matter of justice for all Kenyan students.
“DCP leader call for accountability on a basic, critical national education policy is noble,” Kabando wrote. “Equity in high schools admissions is about integrative justice for all of Kenya’s students. Leaders robbing their constituents must be shamed. Charge them! Jail them! Kudos, RiggyG!”
Kabando urged the former deputy president to remain firm on the issue, arguing that most Kenyans support calls for fairness in national school placements.
“Dear Riggy G; kindly, no relenting on matter national schools admissions equity,” he said. “Majority of Kenyans have your back on this agenda. Education is a right.”
He went further to accuse some leaders of misusing public funds meant for education, calling for investigations into the use of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) resources.
“All elected MPs, starting with culprits of North Eastern Wajir, Mandera, Garissa plus Marsabit, Turkana, Kilifi, should step forward to account for billions of over 21 years CDF cash,” Kabando said.
Gachagua recently sparked national debate after questioning why students from outside the Mt Kenya region were admitted to Alliance High School and Mang’u High School.
He argued that many students from the region were instead being sent to schools far from home.
His remarks drew criticism, with some leaders accusing him of promoting tribal views.
Critics noted that national schools are public institutions meant to admit students from across the country based on merit and regional balance.
Chama Cha Kazi Party leader Moses Kuria was among those who strongly opposed Gachagua’s position.
In a post on X dated Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Kuria accused him of politicising education.
“I have heard Rigathi Gachagua tribalising the last bastion of our values national schools,” Kuria wrote. “He thinks he has the right to do so simply because he went to Alliance to supply milk when he was a District Officer in the area in the 90s.”
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