First, it was Rigathi Gachagua's graft case that was dropped after jointly with William Ruto, they ascended to power following the hotly contested August 9, 2022 polls.
Gachagua had previously been implicated in a Sh7.4 billion graft case involving nine others - a matter that put him in the crosshairs of the former President Uhuru Kenyatta's regime.
But shortly after being sworn in, Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji withdrew the case against the Deputy President and the court okayed the same in December 2022.
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