Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has challenged the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Amin Mohammed, urging him to obtain a statement from Kikuyu lawmaker Kimani Ichung'wah over claims that his parents were targeted during the recent demonstrations.
Addressing congregants during a burial service in Nyandarua County on Tuesday, July 1, Gachagua questioned why the National Assembly Majority leader had yet to record a statement with the police despite making such a grievous allegation.
He faulted Ichung'wah for seeking public empathy by accusing the opposition politicians of allegedly plotting to kill his parents instead of reporting the matter to the police.
"I have seen the DCI speaking, the Kikuyu MP went to Parliament and claimed that he knew those who wanted to take the lives of his parents. Has he written a statement to the police?" Gachagua questioned.
"Someone wants to kill your parents, and you casually talk about it in parliament instead of going to the police station to report," he added.
On the same note, Gachagua also challenged the DCI boss to obtain a written statement from the Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kipchumba Murkomen, on the mobilisers of the June 25 demonstrations.
While taking a swipe at Murkomen, the former DP criticised him for allegedly making false accusations against the Kikuyu ethnic group by linking them to the recent protests.
He similarly accused the DCI boss of reluctance to summon Ichung'wah and Murkomen after they claimed to know the names of the mobilisers and perpetrators of last week's protests.
"Murkomen said that those who looted and burnt property in Nairobi were from Murang'a, Kirinyaga and Nyeri. Do our people have a mark on the forehead to identify them as Mt Kenya region people?" he queried.
"Why haven't you recorded a statement from Murkomen to explain how he knew that these people are from the Mt Kenya region?" Gachagua added.
During the church service, the former DP also hit out at President William Ruto for what he termed as an attempt to isolate him from Mt Kenya voters, just as he did to former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
He claimed that Ruto and his allies were bitter and were using state-sponsored violence to undermine the opposition, urging the government to investigate the recent protests rather than concentrating on the opposition politics.
Gachagua, who challenged the Head of State for a supremacy battle over the Mt Kenya voters, maintained that the latter had lost ground in the populous region and that there was nothing he could do about it.
"You think you will threaten me. You impeached me and thought I could lose ground in Mt Kenya, can you dare come to look for votes in this region? You fell for lies by Kimani Ichung'wah, now you are vulnerable," he commented.
