Kabue Mathenge, a political strategist to former presidents Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta said the impeachment motion for Gachagua would serve as a poisoned chalice for the President.
"The President has drawn his sword too early and this has sent signals of betrayal to Mt Kenya voters who feel that one of their own was being unfairly targeted for victimisation. It will be difficult for the President to instill the confidence of Mt Kenya residents in his administration," Mathenge opined.
"When Gachagua spoke to Mt Kenya residents in mother tongue and said that a senior person called him stupid five times, and later he reflected and saw that he had been indeed stupid to abandon Uhuru Kenyatta, he sent a strong message. This is telling as he has now to redeem himself from that tag of being stupid by shepherding the community out of the Kenya Kwanza administration," he added.
The political strategist said if President Ruto was to continue working with Gachagua, the two would be in a position to stabilise the government and ensure delivery of services to the people till 2027.
Political commentator Andrew Nyabuto says it was evident that the Deputy President and the President were pulling in different directions due to their bloated egos.
"These two men have high temperament and bloated egos and that is why they are unable to tolerate each other. The only option is for them to part ways. If the President retains Gachagua in government, their relationship will continue to be messy and will impede the delivery of services to Kenyans. Gachagua will continue blackmailing and arm twisting the President and eventually be a thorn in the President's flesh," Nyabuto said.
Nyabuto said the President had the option of rallying his troops to eject Gachagua from the government and go to Mt Kenya region, where he managed to rally the community behind him, and explain his action.
"It is also apparent from the complains being aired that a majority of Mt Kenya voters will not support President Ruto in 2027 and Gachagua would therefore not serve a useful political purpose in the Ruto administration which he is antagonizing," Nyabuto added
The commentator said Gachagua will continue playing victim of President Ruto's machinations in the run up to the 2027 election.
"I do not see any reason why the President should retain a deputy who is undermining him and who will chart his own cause in 2027," Nyabuto said.
One time Molo MP Njenga Mungai said the impeachment motion against the DP was accelerating tribalism in the country and urged President Ruto to amicably resolve his differences with his assistant.
Mungai, who served Molo as a two-term MP during the Moi administration between 1988 to 1997 added that impeachment was an adverse political tool which should be used as the last resort after all avenues of resolving disagreements in the government have failed. The former lawmaker, who is the chairman of Jubilee Council of Elders, said the impeachment motion was a double edged sword for the President.
"If the DP is impeached, the residents of Mt Kenya will perceive the President as a person who cannot be trusted. The impeachment of Gachagua will also depict President Ruto as a person who is unable to handle criticism considering that President Uhuru Kenyatta, who he undermined while serving as his deputy, tolerated him in his government," Mungai said.
Mungai said Ruto's attempts to divide the residents of Mt Kenya into two camps, Mt Kenya East and West, portrays him as a person bent on balkanizing the country along ethnic lines.
"We saw President Ruto leading rebellion in Uhuru Kenyata government and Raila Odinga leading rebellion in Mwai Kibaki administration, the two presidents used their leadership skills to stabilize the government without mobilising MPs to impeach their opponents," Mungai said.