Gachagua flies out to Kakamega after teargas incident in Nyandarua
Gachagua flies out to Kakamega after teargas incident in Nyandarua
Sunday twenty ninth December, 2024 03:09 PM|
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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday, December 29, 2024, flew into Kakamega for a soccer match following chaos that briefly tried to scuttle a thanksgiving ceremony in Ndaragwa, Nyandarua County.
Gachagua landed on the dwelling of former United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary-General Cleophas Malalah earlier than driving to the Stadium to witness the match finals.
Malalah, a confidant of Gachagua, is amongst a bunch of leaders who’ve remained loyal to the previous deputy president regardless of his removing from workplace by means of impeachment.
On Saturday, December 28, 2024, Gachagua mentioned a teargas canister was thrown into a meeting he attended in Ndaragwa constituency.
“Ata mkiharibu mikutano, ata mkituma vijana, ata mkikuja na teargas, hawa watu wote walitoka kwa UDA. Sasa ni wakati mnapoteza (Even if you try to disrupt the meetings, send youth or even come with teargas, these people already left UDA. At the moment, you are just wasting your time),” Gachagua stated.
Leaders condemn incident
Other leaders current on the occasion together with Senator Methu Muhia additionally condemned the incident, going forward to disclose the id of a police officer he accused of lobbying a tear gasoline canister.
Muhia urged Ruto to allow them to arrange conferences with out interference, indicating they might not be cowed by threats and intimidations following the fallout with Gachagua.
Muhia acknowledged that the president had betrayed the neighborhood regardless of rallying and drumming up assist for his election bid in 2022.
Muhia within the assembly equally urged Gachagua to expedite the formation of a political outfit for the Mount Kenya area, noting that the UDA occasion was now not tenable.
Shortly earlier than concluding his remarks on the podium a teargas canister was thrown into the world, forcing individuals to scamper for security.
Plainclothes police
In his remarks, Gachagua acknowledged {that a} police inspector had handed a plainclothes police officer the teargas with directions to throw it into the VIP tent.
“Today at a Thanksgiving Prayer Service at Shamata in Nyandarua scores of police officers were deployed purportedly to provide security. However, and without any provocation whatsoever a uniformed Inspector of Police gave a teargas canister to an officer in plain clothes to throw into a VIP tent, causing panic and commotion. This was despite the fact that the prayers were peaceful and everyone was calm,” Gachagua mentioned.
Adding: “To President Ruto: No amount of intimidation or violence will stop the Kenyan people from criticizing you, demanding for good governance and accountability, or asking you to respect democracy and the rule of law.”
