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Deputy President (DP) Rigathi Gachagua has made several political leaders uneasy with his hard-hitting utterances even as he seeks to assert himself as the Mt Kenya kingpin.
From asking Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja to allow public service vehicles PSVs) or matatus access the central business district, to remarks that he can actually direct any governor on what to do, the DP has received more rebuke than praise.
"There is no governor I cannot tell what they need to do and that is outlined in the Executive Order issued by the President, that I'm the bridge between the national and county governments," said Gachagua.
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