Gachagua responds on being snubbed on international trips for Mudavadi
DP Gachagua says he's not bothered after President Ruto seems to snub him on international trips for Musalia Mudavadi
DP Gachagua says he’s not bothered after President Ruto seems to snub him on international trips for Musalia Mudavadi.
Now that Chief Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi is mostly in charge of overseeing international visits, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claims that he asked President William Ruto not to assign him any.
Gachagua claims in remarks made on Sunday that he requested the President leave him alone to tackle internal matters, particularly the fight against drug and alcohol abuse.
“I have heard people saying that Musalia is doing my job. That he is the one going to Nigeria while I have been handed the ordinary job of fighting alcohol and drug abuse. I told the president to leave me here in Kenya to fight alcoholism and drug abuse,” Gachagua said.
According to Gachagua, any trip outside the country must be about resource mobilization and not just attending ceremonies.
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“Ile safari mimi ntaenda ni ile ya kutafuta kitu. Kwenda tuu kuona rais mpya akiapishwa mimi ntarudi na nini? Mimi sina haja. (The only trip I’ll attend should be about resource mobilization. If I go to see a new President being sworn in what do I bring back? I do not need it.) ,” he said.
Recently, Mudavadi has been assigned to represent President Ruto in a number of events outside the country, floating speculations that the President is out of favour for his Deputy.
Mudavadi has recently represented Ruto in Burundi, Angola Nigeria, and lately at the inauguration of Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu.
In December 2022, Ruto represented Ruto at the Commonwealth Trade and Investment Summit in London.
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