Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has alleged that President William Ruto once privately told him that he intended to become wealthier than the Kenyatta and Moi families combined.
Speaking during a political tour of the United Kingdom, the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader painted a grim picture of a country he says has been hollowed out by greed at the highest levels of power.
“The president came to look for wealth, and in the process he has destroyed the country,” Gachagua said in an interview with Kenya Newsline.
“I remember, when we were in good books, he told me that in five years he wants to be richer than the families of Kenyatta and Moi combined.”
The allegation landed in a Kenya already simmering with public anger.
Across Nairobi and other major towns, frustration over rising taxes, expensive fuel and economic hardship has spilt onto the streets in recent months.
“It looked like a tall order to me,” Gachagua continued.
“Today, it is true that he is richer than both families, but in the process, he has destroyed everything.”
President Ruto has not publicly responded to the specific claims.
Yet the remarks have amplified wider concerns over Kenya’s struggling institutions, particularly the healthcare sector.
”When we were together, Ruto told me his dream was to become richer than the family of Kenyatta and the family of Moi combined. And it is true. He has achieved it in 4 years’- Riggy G from UK pic.twitter.com/8A8dWNiyHh
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Hospitals across the country have expressed concern over delays in reimbursements from the government’s Social Health Authority (SHA) programme.
Some facilities are warning of medicine shortages, postponed procedures, and increasing debts.
For many Kenyans, the contrast has become impossible to ignore.
In Nairobi’s affluent districts, luxury towers rise into the skyline and political convoys glide through traffic under heavy security.
But in public hospitals, patients queue on plastic chairs for hours while doctors warn of overstretched systems and unpaid claims.
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Youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, inflation continues to squeeze households, and fresh taxes have deepened public resentment.
Gachagua said future leaders would inherit a nation in decline.
“Even as we are looking for leadership we will have a difficult time because we will have to start from scratch to restore Kenya,” he said.
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