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| Deputy Rigathi Gachagua |
A familiar script is playing out in Kenya’s political scene as Mt Kenya leaders draw battle lines. Rigathi Gachagua questioned if he was wrong to fight for the Mt Kenya region’s interests. The region has once again been divided between the sitting head of state and his deputy, barely two years into their first term in office. At the centre of the split between President William Ruto and his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua is the revenue allocation debate. A strong critic of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), Gachagua has made a U-turn and is leading a charge for the region’s preferred revenue allocation formula. During the burial of Mwalimu Julius Kano Ndumbi at Kianyaga Boys High School on Tuesday, May 21, the DP questioned if he was wrong to fight for the populous region’s interests. “We are saying one man, one shilling, one vote; are we wrong?” Gachagua posed. Subscribe to watch new videos Gachagua’s call for unity The DP did not hold back as he took on his critics, whom he accused of sowing seeds of disunity in the Mt Kenya region. Gachagua observed that his critics were similar to collaborators who worked against the land and freedom army in the region. The DP underscored that such individuals are not fit to for leadership, appealing to all in Mt Kenya to unite. “Collaborators sell-out and traitors will just be that. No leadership space for them. Traitors were there in the fight for independence, lets unite,” Gachagua said in his vernacular.
by Didacus Malowa