It is now gloves off for President William Ruto and his former deputy, Rigathi Gachagua. Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua (pictured) accuses President Willam Ruto of being corrupt. The two are trading barbs in public, accusing and counter-accusing each other of maladministration. On Thursday, January 23, Gachagua took on Ruto just a day after the latter accused him of being corrupt, incompetent and tribal. Speaking in Luanda, Vihiga county, on Wednesday, January 22, Ruto blasted Gachagua for advancing retrogressive political rhetoric that would otherwise divide Kenyans.
Ruto revealed that Gachagua was impeached owing to incompetence, lack of leadership know-how and corruption. The president warned his former deputy that his political rhetoric would not be condoned, and that he would sink in his supposed pursuit of dividing the country on regional and tribal grounds. In his rebuttal a day later, Gachagua said Ruto was no saint and that he was employing reverse psychology to escape the accountability Kenyans are holding him to. The former deputy president claimed his one-time boss was overseeing wanton corruption in government, suggesting that it was hypocritical of him to call out other leaders of the same vice.
“When you talk about corruption, people of this country know who is corrupt. When you talk about incompetence, people know who is incompetent. That is where we are as a country. If you ask people what has happened in this country in two years, that is sheer incompetence. When you talk about people who are corrupt and incompetent, just take the mirror and look at yourself because Kenyans know better. They know exactly where we are. People are very intelligent,” Gachagua fired.
by Kai Eli
