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How Gachagua's outbursts are sowing tribal discord in city

DP Rigathi Gachagua, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and other dignitaries at the NHIF Stand during the Nairobi International Trade Fair. [File, Standard]

When Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua tweeted that he had very early morning faced Mt Kenya on a 'nostalgic' prayer visit last Friday, he probably could still hear faint crackling behind him as embers refused to die out in Nairobi.

That was before Monday's Executive Order number 1 of 2023 that allocated him the role of pushing for reforms in a sector he has been passionate about; coffee.

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