DP Gachagua calls out UDA MP Eric Wamumbi for disobeying his orders
DP Gachagua hits out at UDA MP Eric Wamumbi as he wows to discipline police officers taking orders from him
DP Gachagua hits out at UDA MP Eric Wamumbi as he wows to discipline police officers taking orders from him.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday called out his area member of Parliament of Mathira, Eric Wamumbi, after accusing him of going against the national government’s efforts.
Speaking at a Church Service in Mathira, Nyeri County, Gachagua noted that he had discovered that the lawmaker was instructing police officers to reopen bars in the area.
He noted that during his morning jog today, he found young men in a ditch signifying that they were abusing drugs.
As a result, the DP vowed to discipline the officers who were wrongfully taking their directions from an MP. Earlier, Gachagua had negotiated dowry for Wamumbi.
“When I started hearing last week that some people started interfering with that work, I heard that our local MP had directed the security officers in Karatina purporting on orders from above to reopen our bars.
“First, an MP cannot instruct security officers and if the security officers are taking orders from this region taking instructions from an MP, we shall discipline them,” he explained.
He further added that he had noticed that some officers within the Interior Ministry were frustrating the government’s efforts to fight the drug menace.
He noted that their thinking was that if the drug menace worsened, it would hurt Gachagua’s political ambitions since fighting drugs was directly under the DP’s purview.
“To my shock, I came last night. This morning, as I was walking around the village, I came face to face with what I knew a year ago. I found some young men at 6:00 am in the trenches drunk which means some bars have been reopened,” he added.
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“I have never missed a Cabinet meeting and there is no decision that has been made by the Cabinet to stop the war against illicit brew. The last meeting I chaired 10 days ago is on course. One of the most successful interventions that has made people happy with the Government of Ruto was the war against illicit brew.”
In March this year, the DP insisted that the fight against illicit brew was unstoppable despite facing hurdles from entrepreneurs in the sector.
“Illicit brews are killing our children. The youth are sleeping in trenches. We were staring at losing an entire generation. That is why the Government issued tough directives against Illicit brews, drugs, and substance abuse. We are not fighting businesses, that are selling legitimate liquor,” he noted at the time.
“I was not born in the seat of the Deputy President. If I lose politically for stopping poison packaged as alcohol being sold to our children, so be it. There is no pride in leading a drunken nation. There is no pride in leading people who cannot work, and without dignity.”
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