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| Senior government economic advisor Moses Kuria |
Senior government economic advisor Moses Kuria has alleged that the majority of staff in the Office of Deputy President have been sent on compulsory leave. Senior economic advisor Moses Kuria said 80% of the staff in Gachagua’s office were from his home constituency. In a post shared on X on Friday, October 18, Kuria made the revelations in what has been assumed to paint former DP Rigathi Gachagua as unfair in his appointments.
The Senate found Gachagua guilty of breaking the National Cohesion and Integration Act, notably sections 13 (1)(a) and 62, which deal with promoting ethnic harmony and preventing hate speech. He alleged that most of the staff employed in the office “80% of the staff working in the Office of the Deputy President were from Mathira Constituency. Tonight they have all been sent on compulsory leave,” Kuria wrote. Kuria failed to elaborate on the reasons behind this mass leave that comes days after Gachagua’s ouster. Kuria on Gachagua’s succession The politician urged the Agikuyu community to support Kithure Kindiki for the deputy president position after Gachagua’s ouster.
Kuria, in a post on X, appealed for unity in supporting a leader from Mt. Kenya East, specifically from Meru or Embu. He referenced the idea of the community completing its political debt by backing Kindiki, following their support for a non-Mt Kenya candidate, President William Ruto, in 2022. Kuria said by supporting Kindiki, the community would be on the right side of history, urging them to repay the “domestic debt” to their Meru and Embu siblings.
by Didacus Malowa