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Impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday spilled the beans on the level to which the relationship with his boss President William Ruto had sunk.
Speaking after leaving Karen Hospital where he was admitted last Thursday, Gachagua sensationally claimed plots to assassinate him.
He cited two instances where state machinery was unleashed to eliminate him.
The one for Kisumu and another one in Nyeri where he nearly suffered from food poison again but this was for him and Kikuyu council of elders.
The impeachment came after he thwarted the two attempts on his life. Claiming his life was in danger, he lamented the withdrawal of security officers from his homes in Nairobi and Nyeri, as well as bodyguards.
He accused President Ruto of disobeying court orders, complaining measures had been taken to cripple his office. The Deputy President was removed by MPs after a historic vote in the Senate, following a motion passed by the National Assembly.
At least 236 MPs voted to have him replaced by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki, triggering contestation on who is the rightful holder of the post.
As courts decide the conflict, the DP is crying foul that the President has not been kind enough to him, saying he deserved better having contributed to their victory in the 2022 presidential poll.
“It is unfortunate that my brother ordered the withdrawal of my security from the hospital. I have been here without a single officer…he ordered the withdrawal of security guards in my rural home in Nyeri, my home here in Karen,” Gachagua said.
Officers were disarmed and told not to go near him.
“I did not know that President William Ruto could be that vicious. I am shocked at how vicious a man I helped to be President, a man that I believed in and was persecuted while supporting, could be so vicious against me when I am literally fighting for my life in the hospital. How cruel can a man be?”
Gachagua maintained by virtue of the court orders stopping the implementation of the Senate outcome, he deserved his state entitlements.
