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Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Human Capital Development, and Special Programmes Geoffrey Ruku during an engagement in Embu on June 26, 2025. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]
The controversy over who sponsored violence during the June 25 memorial protests has persisted, with senior government officials blaming the trail of deaths and destruction on incitement from opposition politicians.
Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Human Capital Development, and Special Programmes Geoffrey Ruku has accused former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua of orchestrating Wednesday's chaos, which he described as 'planned terrorism'.
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