President William Ruto has sensationally claimed his former deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, demanded KSh 10 billion shillings to secure Mt Kenya vote block.
In a tell-all interview with local media, Ruto claimed Riggy G threatened to have him rejected by the Mt. Kenya voters if he did not part with KSh 10 billion shillings.
According to Ruto, the former deputy president told his boss the money was for ground mobilization.
The president painted a picture of an untamed Gachagua who was ever in fights with MPs and junior officials.
“After threatening MPs and junior officials, he (Gachagua) finally reached me. He told me to give him KSh 10 billion or make me a one-term president. I refused the blackmail outrightly telling him it is Kenyans who will decide,” said the president in Sagana.
Ruto further said he had no role in the impeachment of his deputy, insisting the impeachment was executed by the MPs.
“ The Mt Kenya MPs informed me he (Gachagua) was bullying them including asking some of them to kneel before him… I tried to persuade them from impeaching my deputy but they were resolute in their plot,” said the president.
Ruto also painted a picture of a cantankerous Gachagua who kept getting into fights with his juniors.
“He was ever in fights with MPs, blogger Dennis Itumbi, and my PA Farouk Kibet. He also never used his platform to explain the Kenya Kwanza government’s policies and achievements to Kenyans.”
The president is on a five-day tour of the vote-rich Mt Kenya region in a bid to woo back the region that voted him overwhelmingly in the 2022 poll.
UDA’s popularity in the region has been dwindling since the impeachment of Gachagua.
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What’s more, area residents see Ruto’s dalliance with ODM leader Raila Odinga as a plot to kick the region out of government.
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