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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua paid a courtesy call on Martha Karua, the Party Leader of the People's Liberation Party (PLP) Party at her home in Kimunye Village, Gichugu Constituency in Kirinyaga County on January 25, 2025. [Courtesy, Standard]
An unfazed, combative Rigathi Gachagua is on the road to becoming President William Ruto's nemesis. Intra house glee and gloating that followed his impeachment as deputy president have disappeared to be replaced with anger, suspicion and recriminations.
Last week's acrimonious verbal exchanges between Dr Ruto and Mr Gachagua while the former was on a tour of western Kenya only succeeded in scoring points off Ruto. The epithets that Ruto used to denigrate, describe and discredit his former deputy inadvertently underscored the fact that the President's decisions and choices are mostly flawed.
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