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Why DP Gachagua has snubbed the 'Hustler's Mansion'

A section of the official deputy president's residence, the 'Hustler's Mansion', in Karen, Nairobi. DP Rigathi Gachagua (left) is yet to occupy it. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has not moved into the 'Hustler's Mansion', the designated DP's residence in Karen Nairobi, six months after taking office.

He describes the residence as a shell and leaking ramshackle with blocked sewerage system. And this has elicited mixed reactions from leaders mainly from the Kenya Kwanza administration.

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