Nyandarua Senator John Methu has said Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro is being used by President William Ruto to break up the opposition from within, according to a report.

In an interview on Citizen TV on Sunday, October 11, Methu also questioned his own understanding of Jubilee Party leader Fred Matiang’i over his friendship with Nyoro. He said he had personally been approached with an offer to form a separate political party, and that he was stunned to learn Nyoro had established his own.

Methu said Nyoro had earlier told him a new party was Ruto’s creation, and that the same offer to form one had been extended to others.

“If I was to name moles, then I think the name Ndindi Nyoro will feature prominently,” Methu said.

On Matiang’i, a former Interior Cabinet Secretary, Methu stopped short of a definitive accusation. He said he did not think he knew Matiang’i any longer, and asked what that meant given that the Jubilee leader and Nyoro are friends.

The remarks place a loyalty accusation against a sitting MP on the record and frame Matiang’i as a possible breakaway figure as the United Opposition tries to consolidate ahead of the next electoral cycle. The question of a unified presidential candidate remains a central and contested issue within the coalition.

Methu is a senator allied to Rigathi Gachagua.

Matiang’i’s loyalty to the opposition remains unestablished, as Methu did not make a definitive accusation against him.