Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday, April 16, revealed how he cornered US Senator Chris Coons during their meeting to discuss a possible dialogue between the two antagonists; President William Ruto and Azimio's Raila Odinga.
Speaking during an interview on Inooro TV's Kiririmbi, Gachagua claimed that the US Senator was at pains to explain the fallout between the 45th US President Donald Trump and his successor, President Joe Biden.
The DP posed a query to explain why Trump was not invited to Biden's government after the elections. Gachagua noted that the US and Kenya read different scripts in terms of ways of resolving their issues.
"I told him yes, I would also want for peace to prevail in Kenya but in the US, after Trump lost and there was a lot of unrest, why did you not invite him and give him half the government?" Gachagua posed.
"I told him to tell Raila that we would not sit down for talks and that if he wants to talk to us, he should talk to his MPs to talk to our MPs (in Parliament)," he added.
Gachagua also highlighted the government's efforts in eliminating illicit brew in the country. Alluding to this, the DP instructed chiefs to list all brewers and their buyers.
"I have instructed chiefs to list down all illicit brewers in Central Kenya. A copy will be sent to the Inspector General of Police. Action will be taken based on that list. We will rescue the youth and restore their dignity," he stated.
On unga prices, he promised that the cost would lower to Ksh159 by Tuesday as he credited President Ruto's efforts for striking a deal with foreign partners.
At the same time, he disregarded Raila - blaming the handshake government for the woes that befell the country.
"There's nothing to discuss with him as they are the same people who destroyed this country and there's no new style of thinking that he can offer us since he was in the handshake government. During that time, unga price was Ksh230, I would like to tell Kenyans that the cost of unga will come down to Ksh159 from Tuesday.
"In only 7 months, gas prices have gone down, cooking oil has gone down, unga is coming down, fertiliser dropped from Ksh7,000 to Ksh3,500."
Regarding the salary delays, the DP affirmed that all government officials were paid.
"All of them were paid. We knew it was not sustainable to borrow loans to pay their salaries, hence we consolidated our resources and paid all of them."
