‘Si shida za Kenya ziliisha hata unga ilianguka bei’ – Governor Kahiga mocks Kenya Kwanza over Gachagua’s ouster

‘Si shida za Kenya ziliisha hata unga ilianguka bei’ – Governor Kahiga mocks Kenya Kwanza over Gachagua’s ouster

Nyeri County Governor Mutahi Kahiga has chided the Kenya Kwanza administration over former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment saga.

Speaking at Kanunga Baptist Church Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County, on Sunday, December 15, 2024, Kahiga argued that Gachagua was hounded out of workplace after being termed because the supply of issues bedevilling the Kenya Kwanza administration.

In moderately a mocking tone, the governor puzzled if Kenya Kwanza had managed to satisfy its pledges since getting rid of Gachagua, who was considered a thorn in the flesh.

While alluding to the Limuru assault incident, Kahiga proceeded to ask the federal government to depart Gachagua alone since he was their principal downside and had been weeded out.

“Rigathi Gachagua mlimuangusha kwa njia tunaiyoielewa sasa tunawaombeni wachaneni na yeye. Si mulimuondoa, si shida za Kenya ziliisha hata unga ilianguka bei. Walipomuondoa si mambo yote imekuwa mzuri, si walisema shida ni Rigathi Gachagua ama nyinyi hamkusikia? (You ousted Rigathi Gachagua in a manner that we all know and now we’re saying go away him alone. You ejected him, now all of the challenges are gone even the value of maize flour dropped. When they eliminated him, all issues are higher now because you mentioned Rigathi Gachagua was the issue, did you not hear that?) Governor Kahiga posed.

Despite Gachagua’s ejection from workplace, Kahiga lamented that the Social Health Authority (SHA) had failed to live up to its expectations. He revealed that the authority owes Nyeri County Ksh289 million.

“Mimi nataka niseme hivi SHA ikona deni yetu ya Ksh289 million as of December 8, 2024. Mukurweini, Nyeri Town hakuna dawa na hospitali zangu zote hazina pesa kwa sababu hio pesa inahitajika kulipwa na SHA. Kama SHA inafaa kufanya kazi, pesa za hospitali zilipwe. (I want to say that SHA owes us Ksh289 million as of December 8, 2024. All hospitals in Nyeri have no medicine since SHA has not remitted the funds. If SHA is designed to work then remit the money to hospitals),” Kahiga made it clear.

Cabinet appointment

At the identical time, Kahiga claimed that he had carried out public participation and established that the folks did not want Cabinet Secretary slots.

He instructed the congregants that the area was being thought-about to achieve from recent cupboard appointment, nonetheless he maintained that taking away the DP slot and giving them CSs was degrading them.

Governor Kahiga went on to say that any chief from the area who would settle for a authorities appointment would be branded a traitor

“Kama kuna kiti kitaletwa Nyeri ni kiti kimoja cha president ama nyi mnasema gani? Nimesikia ati kuna viti inatafutwa sijui Interior, sijui mawaziri, nyinyi mnataka mawaziri? Yani tunanyang’anywe deputy president tuletewe mawaziri! (Only the president’s place needs to be introduced in Nyeri or what do you say? I’ve heard that there are plans to provide the Interior Ministry to an individual from this space and different positions, would you like cupboard secretaries? They take away the deputy president place then give us cupboard secretaries!

“Hapa hatutaki wasaliti, ukichukuwa hio kiti wewe ni msaliti. (We do not want traitors, if you accept that seat, then you are a traitor),” he retorted.