Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has denied allegations of a feud with President William Ruto.
During a church service at CITAM Karen, Gachagua reassured Kenyans that he and Ruto were still in good working relationships and that they were determined to serve the populace.
According to the DP, “some people” were regrouping and using the media to delegitimize their alliance, and he urged Kenyans to disregard the circulating stories.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Ruto administration is solid, is focused on service delivery and will not be distracted by propaganda, innuendos that do not make sense,” Gachagua said.
Gachagua claimed that Ruto’s political opponents, who worked tirelessly to prevent his rise to power, are funding obscene media headlines to oppose his administration.
He went on to say that some people were envious of President Ruto’s relationships with other countries.
“These people, while you were away, crafted a narrative that now that you are succeeding and the world has accepted you and accepted your leadership and are responding to your various engagement, you are a puppet of the West,” he said.
“We have told them that President Ruto has the exclusive mandate from the p of Kenya to engage the West, the East, the South and the North and anybody who means well for this great country.”
Gachagua chastised Raila Odinga for opposing the removal of the IEBC’s vice chair Juliana Cherera and three other commissioners from office.
He asked that he and his colleague, Kalonzo Musyoka, summon Winnie Odinga and Kennedy Musyoka from Arusha to lead their planned mass demonstration.
“These people have arranged for their sons and daughters to serve at East African Legislative Assembly. Let them come physically and lead the demos so that Kenyans can follow,” he said.
President Ruto claimed that the opposition was simply carrying out its responsibilities and that it would not cause any distractions.
The DP asked the church to pray the president to success just as they “prayed Ruto” to victory in the August elections.
“Just as you prayed Ruto to victory pray for him into success…the people who were trying to stop him have not given up,” Gachagua claimed.
