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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addresses wananchi at Karatina Town, Nyeri County after attending a Scholarship for Orphans and Empowerment Programme in Kutus, Kirinyaga County, organized by the Woman Representative Njeri Maina on June 15, 2024. [DPCS]

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been on a mission to unite the people of Mt Kenya region, sometimes missing key functions which are synonymous with his role as deputy president including Monday where he was supposed to welcome back his boss the president from and overseas tour.

Gachagua has raised political heat, scolding anyone criticising his modus operandi pushing for national resources shared based on population distribution, running under the one-man, one-shilling, one-vote formula, ignoring a political storm that has followed his stand.

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