DP Gachagua responds to reports on demanding Ksh8B to resign
DP Rigath Gachagua denies demanding Ksh8B to resign amid looming impeachment claims
DP Rigath Gachagua denies demanding Ksh8B to resign amid looming impeachment claims.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has set the record straight on claims that he demanded Ksh8 billion from President William Ruto to resign.
Addressing the matter during a live interview on Sunday, September 29, 2024, the DP strongly refuted the claims saying he was not interested in money.
The second in command asserted that had he been interested in gaining more money he would have exploited the previous regime when they asked him to ditch Ruto.
He explained that there was no reason for him to make such demands because he didn’t have many obligations.
Gachagua additionally pointed out that he was instead focusing on serving the electorates.
“Mimi sina haja na benefits zozote. Leo niliona gazeti ikiandika mambo ya upuzi ati niligonga meza ya Rais ati nikidai shilingi milioni nane. Mimi sina haja na pesa. Kama ningetaka pesa kwa serikali ningepata kwa serikali iliyopita kwa sababu nilikuwa nawindwa kila siku na kutafutwa niwachane na President William Ruto niende ile pande ingine,” the DP said.
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“Kama ningekua mtu wa tamaa na pesa ningekua huko lakini sina tamaa na pesa, sina mahitaji mengi, watoto wangu ni wakubwa, bibi yangu ni Pastor, mimi nimemaliza kuzaa na kulea. Mimi ni mtu ambaye naweka mbele mambo ya wananchi.”
Gachagua’s remarks come after a local daily alleged that he held a meeting with his boss to actualise the deal that would then allow the president to choose another deputy.
The report, however, claimed that the DP banged the table angering the president when his request was declined.
According to the report, the DP arrived at the aforementioned money by multiplying each vote from the Mount Kenya region by Ksh4,000.
This is among the other charges levelled against the DP ahead of his impeachment motion which will be tabled on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
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