Rigathi Gachagua’s Citizen TV Interview: The False Saint Attempting to Whitewash His Past
Rigathi Gachagua’s appearance on Citizen TV after returning from his chaotic tour of the United States was nothing short of political theatre—an exercise in self-exoneration staged by a man who knows his time at the helm of Kenya’s ruling bloc is slipping away. Speaking with rehearsed indignation, Gachagua portrayed himself as a victim of President William Ruto’s “high-handedness,” claiming assassination plots, bribery in Parliament, and systematic exclusion from the state apparatus. Yet, beneath the veneer of a repentant statesman lies the same political operator who, when in government, openly declared Kenya to be a company of “shareholders,” reducing the nation…
