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Meet Rigathi Gachagua, shrewd enforcer with the talent for cutting deals

Mathira Mp Rigathi Gachagua at his home in Sagana, Nyeri county, May 12, 2022.[Mose Sammy, Standard]

When asked to vote their preferred running mate to Deputy President William Ruto last weekend, UDA-affiliated MPs from Mount Kenya region overwhelmingly picked Senator Kithure Kindiki over Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua. Never mind the boss overruled them and decreed it must be Gachagua.

Quietly, the MPs said they rejected their Mathira counterpart because he is abrasive, quarrelsome and dictatorial. But foremost, they were apprehensive on matters integrity with fraud and money-laundering cases hanging over Gachagua like the sword of Damocles.

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