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Government accused of disrupting Gachagua's return from US

DCP Leader Rigathi Gachagua along Mombasa Rd after his Arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on August 21, 2025. (Kanyiri Wahito, Standard)

Machakos Deputy Governor Francis Mwangangi has accused the Kenya Kwanza administration of scuttling former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's recent return from the United States.

Speaking in Kangundo, Mwangangi wondered whether the government considered Gachagua a serious security threat to the extent of mobilising goons to disrupt his planned grand return home.

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