Ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua appeared in public for the first time on Sunday and narrated the status of his health after he failed to show up to the Senate to testify.
Appearing weak and in a somber mood, the besieged DP stated that were it not for quick medical intervention, he would have been no more.
"After being examined, I was admitted for observation and treatment. Once I stabilized, the doctors informed me that if I had been late for another 20 minutes, we would be talking about a different story," he revealed while leaving Karen Hospital where he was receiving medication.
“As we speak, I am okay. I little bit weak but I feel better. The chest pains have gone away,” he added noting as a man he has nothing but to endure.
Gachagua, therefore, took the opportunity to thank the people who visited him noting, "I want to say I would remain forever indebted to them,” he stated.
He noted that prior to his hospitalisation, he took lunch normally with senators from the Mt. Kenya region without any mishap. Moments later as he was preparing before the Senate, however, he developed complications and was rushed to Karen Hospital.
"On my way to the office to pick up my notes, I suddenly developed a very intense pain in the chest. I sat down, the pain continued, it was very sharp. I called my doctor and described how I was feeling. As we were speaking, I started having shortness of breath," he empathetically recounted.
He further revealed that he survived two poison attempts in Kisumu and Nyeri, blaming his ordeals squarely on President William Ruto
"When I look at it, it is history repeating itself. President Ruto wanted to take me out of the route President Moi took Kenneth Matiba. He (Moi) pushed Matiba up to getting a stroke and eventually dying. Many of (President Ruto's) people were calling to ask if I was dead. They were celebrating," he explained.
"If anything happens to me or my family, President Ruto must be held to account. As I go home today, I have no security," he stated adding that all close officers were disarmed and even threatened not to be found near him.
Gachagua maintained that he is still the deputy president of the republic given that the High Court had issued conservatory orders barring the swearing-in of deputy president nominee Kithure Kindiki on Tuesday October 22.
According to him, his security detail was withdrawn after he was rushed to the hospital. Additionally, all officers attached to his office were sent on compulsory leave to cripple his operations.
He expressed shock at the kind of treatment he was subjected to by a person he considered a partner. "I don't understand this kind of viciousness towards a man who has been your deputy, who has helped you become president, irrespective of whatever he has done. At his lowest moment in life, when he is literally struggling to stay alive," he stated adding, "I bear no grudges with anyone."
"I had not seen that in President Ruto. The man I'm seeing now is not the man I thought I knew."
