Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has launched yet another scathing attack on President William Ruto's administration, accusing it of administrative incompetence.
Gachagua, on Friday afternoon, accused the government of consistently frustrating Kenya's education system through delayed capitulation to schools, a situation which, the former DP said, disrupted learning.
He revealed that most school heads were torn between letting auctioneers take over school property over unpaid bills or sending students home over fee arrears.
"There is no money for capitation in our schools, and our principals are being treated to a game of musical chairs by the government," the former DP commented.
Gachagua hit out at the President while reacting to two controversial newspaper headlines by the Standard and Nation Media newspapers, in their Friday edition, criticising Ruto's administration over entrenched corruption.
The newspaper headlines by the Standard, "KPA billions loot," and Daily Nation's, "Mr Moneybags," unravelled explosive and troubling multibillion scandals involving senior government officials.
In his speech, Gachagua castigated the current regime over a failed healthcare system, with the former DP alleging that several health facilities were forced to close down due to a lack of government support.
He also took a swipe at Ruto's administration for allegedly demoralising Kenyan workers, particularly those in the formal sector, through delayed salaries, adding that most government workers were crying under zero facilitations.
"Besides their pay slips being slashed, government workers are crying under zero facilitations and delayed salaries. Contractors and suppliers are being auctioned for non-payment of pending bills!" he said.
According to the former Deputy President, the little money available from tax payments was being diverted through security agencies to offer bribes and campaign for the 2027 elections.
He went ahead to accuse the government of misusing taxpayers' money to hire goons to disrupt public events for those advocating for regime change.
"Where I come from, it is agreed that 'we shall never bury the elephant with its tusks'. Please continue plucking the tusks before we bury the elephant," Gachagua reiterated.
