Riggy G Pulls Down Photos of the Meeting with Security Chiefs ahead of Maandamano after it turned chaotic
A photo of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua meeting with several police chiefs, including the Nairobi Police boss Adamson Bungei and Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo in his office two days ago has been taken down from Mr Gachagua’s official social media pages.
A scroll through DP Gachagua’s accounts confirmed that the photo was indeed deleted.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kindiki Kithure was not in the photo shared by DP Gachagua’s press team.
The gathering took place the day before members of the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Alliance and its supporters demonstrated against the high cost of living and President William Ruto’s administration for the second time this month.
At this time, President William Ruto was out of the country on a four-day visit to Germany and Belgium. The law charged DP Gachagua to be the country’s leader in President Ruto’s absence.
Unknown factors may have caused the image to be removed from DP Gachagua’s social media posts.
The controversy surrounding the police chiefs and their subordinates’ alleged slow response when hooligans broke into former president Uhuru Kenyatta’s Northlands Northlands Farm on March 27, 2023, and stole livestock estimated to be worth Sh 70 million was further fueled by the timing at which it was brought down.
They went ahead to set fire to the farm as well.
The police only showed up to the crime scene the following day to assess the damage caused to the property.
A section of Kenyans was of the opinion that the law enforcement officers were ordered to hold off on responding to the emergency which some Kenya Kwanza politicians had allegedly planned.
A day after the meeting with DP Gachagua, on March 27, 2023, late that night, CS Kindiki released a statement in which he said, “We must safeguard our Country from descending into irretrievable disorder.”
Political rivals CS Kindiki and DP Gachagua are well-known after President Ruto choose one over the other to be his running mate before the elections in August 2022.
Raila Odinga, the leader of the Azimio, and Uhuru Kenyatta have been charged by DP Gachagua with corruption and interfering with government affairs in an effort to bring the nation to a standstill.
He also swore that he would never allow Raila Odinga to talk President William Ruto into a handshake deal like he did with former president Uhuru Kenyatta.
The Azimio demonstrations are set to occur every Monday and Thursday until President William Ruto meets a set of conditions by the opposition.
