You can’t even transfer an assistant chief in Bondo! Gachagua hits out at Raila over Meg Whitman remarks
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Gachagua chastises Raila Odinga over his threat to push for the recalling of the US envoy Meg Whitman
Gachagua chastises Raila Odinga over his threat to push for the recalling of the US envoy Meg Whitman.
Following his condemnation of Meg Whitman, the US ambassador to Kenya, for her comments regarding the 2022 General Election, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has come out guns blazing to fault Azimio leader Raila Odinga over recall threats.
Gachagua criticized Azimio la Umoja One Kenya for threatening to demand the government of her country recall the US envoy.
Speaking in Eldoret as he closed the Devolution Conference on Friday DP Gachagua said that the former premier’s attack on the ambassador posed a threat to the nation’s ability to thrive economically.
Gachagua mocked Odinga’s comments, pointing out that he (Odinga) is only an ordinary person and that no one should be led to believe that he has the authority to remove even a single local administrator, let alone a whole envoy.
“We also need to be respectful to our development partners. you cannot speak in a public forum before national TV and say you have the capacity to recall an Ambassador of the United States accredited to this country by the American government; it is simply being mischievous,” the deputy president said.
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“As a private citizen, how do you recall an Ambassador? You cannot even transfer an Assistant Chief to your local sub-location. It is part of the denial syndrome.”
Gachagua cited Odinga’s perceived influence in the previous regime where he was deemed to be in government courtesy of the ‘handshake’, yet was actually supposed to be the opposition.
“What was happening in the handshake regime is something that nobody can comprehend; CSs and PSs were told to go and brief a private citizen on what was happening and the workings of government,” Gachagua noted.
“Treasury CS was being told to brief a private citizen about the budget…that is why that private citizen thinks he can recall the American Ambassador back to her country.”
He went on to add: “That situation is over, we have a government in place, so take up your rightful role and oversight government because that is your role.”
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