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Riggy G and media lesson: He who keepeth his tongue keepeth his soul

Embattled former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is now seeking court intervention after the Senate upheld National Assembly's vote to impeach him. [File, Standard]

"Don't bother about these people. Forget about these characters, be like me," angrily barked Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, frothing at his mouth at a funeral in Murang'a months after he was elected into office.

For minutes, a deputy president of a democratically elected government ran his mouth against free media, describing it as a corrupt, cartel institution, and a tool of a vanquished "system."

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