Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has come out with explosive claims against the Kenya Kwanza government, alleging a murder plot against him.
While speaking at his Karen residence on Monday, May 19, Gachagua claimed state-sponsored officers had specific instructions to take him out on Sunday, May 18. The former District Commissioner has claimed that the government planned to use 'biological weapons' against him to slowly degrade his mind over three months.
According to Gachagua, he was made aware of alleged instructions from the President to 'deal with him' once and for all on Sunday while he was attending a church service in Murang'a County.
"While attending a church service in Gatanga Constituency yesterday, I received intelligence reports that there were orders to have me dealt with once and for all," Gachagua said in his explosive presser.
The former second-in-command further claimed that attempts to quell him by state-sponsored goons failed on Sunday, prompting police to intervene in the alleged plot to take him out.
He added, "Since the goons sponsored by the state on several occasions had failed, police and other state security agencies had to come in."
Gachagua went on to allege that he received intelligence on Sunday afternoon from police officers who were reportedly under instructions to plant arms and weapons in his convoy to have grounds to apprehend him.
"We received further intelligence from the deployed patriotic officers who were not in agreement with the evil mission that they had clear instructions to plant arms and weapons in our convoy to provide evidence to arrest us and get evidence that they could charge us with in court," he added.
The presser followed an incident on Sunday evening, which saw police officers drawn from multiple units reportedly surround the former second in command's homes. The operation was confirmed by Gachagua's ally and lawyer, Ndegwa Njiru, who issued a public alert, raising concern over the late-night deployment to Gachagua’s residences in Karen and Wamunyoro.
Gachagua, while denying receiving any summons from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) as required by law, admitted that he was aware of a plot by officers to block his way, as he revealed he had to reroute to get to his Karen residence.
The change in routes, according to the former DP, was a deliberate effort from his team to avoid getting his security detail disarmed, which would have otherwise left him vulnerable to attacks.
Controversy surrounding Gachagua hit an all-time high on Friday, after he made controversial remarks suggesting the upcoming 2027 general elections would descend into chaos if there were any discrepancies from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
But Gachagua doubled down on his initial defence on Sunday, insisting that his comments were not inciteful but rather a message of accountability to the commission ahead of the polls.
"This (statement) was a precautionary statement and not incitement. It is based on historical facts and past electoral experiences of 1992, 1997 and 2007 controversial elections that we must have a free and fair election in 2027," he asserted.
