Rigathi Gachagua Answers Back William Ruto over Gov't 'Shares': "People Are Uncomfortable"

 

peaking in Tigania East on Saturday, October 7, when he graced a funeral event, the deputy president said he would continue to push for the increase in the shares of the Mt Kenya constituents in the government. This is owing to the investment they made in the form of resoundingly voting for President William Ruto. READ ALSO Rigathi Gachagua Reaches out to Mt Kenya Azimio Leaders as Ruto Goes to Nyanza: "Please Join Us" "We will ensure we increase our shareholding in this government from 47% to almost 60%. Many people are uncomfortable about our shareholding; but we only have a few, only 47%. We will increase so that we have enough," he said.  Subscribe to watch new videos President William Ruto subtly differed from his Gachagua over the shareholding remarks the latter has made in public gatherings. The deputy president is on record insisting that the Kenya Kwanza regime can only be accessed by those who voted for its leaders. However, while speaking in Siaya on Friday, October 6, Ruto appeared to dissent from his deputy. The president was categorical that every Kenyan has a right to the government despite their divergent political preferences. "No one should tell you that you are out of government; this is your government, you all pay taxes, and you are Kenyans, and this your government. We will make sure no part of the country will be discriminated against on matters of development because of political differences. We want to ensure Kenya is one that Kenya is united so that we make progress. It is primitive and backward for anyone to imagine that any region of Kenya cannot get development on account of how they voted. That is not right, that is not correct, and I want to assure Kenyans that we will move together as one nation," he said in Urenga, Siaya county. What Raila advised Ruto over Gachagua Ruto's remarks came days after Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga called on Ruto to censure his deputy as regards his public pronouncements. Raila said Gachagua did not deserve to be a deputy president. "It is a tragedy for this country to have Gachagua as the DP. Gachagua is not fit to be the deputy president of Kenya because his words can divide the country. He is said to be the DP of Kenya but serves as the DP of Mount Kenya region. Gachagua should not even be head of a chicken pen," Raila said. The former prime minister criticised the deputy president's controversial remarks that likened the government to a company with shareholders. BY TUKO NEWS