This morning, officials in the office of impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua were denied access to their offices at Nairobi’s Harambee Annex.
Police from the Rapid Deployment Unit are claimed to be stationed inside the premises and have barred members of the fourth estate from conducting interviews or taking photographs.
According to a Citizen TV report, employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that when they arrived at work in the morning, they were told to go home until further notice.
This unfolded after 108 employees were recently placed on compulsory leave, causing a significant disruption to operations at his office.
“Following the ongoing constitutional process affecting his excellency the Deputy President it has been decided as follows: all officers in job groups T and U are hereby and instructed to proceed on compulsory leave with immediate effect,” a notice issued by Principal Administrative Secretary Patrick Mwangi on Saturday and copied to Chief of Staff and Head of the Public Service Felix Koskei read.
On top of this, Gachagua’s security detail was withdrawn. The embattled Gachagua has come out to lament the treatment he has been accorded, laying all the blame on President Ruto.
“I don’t understand this kind of viciousness towards a man who has been your deputy, who has helped you become president, irrespective of whatever he has done. At his lowest moment in life, when he is literally struggling to stay alive,” he stated while making his first public appearance after being hospitalized at Karen Hospital.
