Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is fearing for his life, alleging that security agents in unmarked cars have been following him wherever he goes.
In a statement on his X, formerly Twitter, account, Gachagua alleges the security agents have been parking at the entrance of his residence in Nairobi, taking note of all my visitors.
He also alleges that the same security agents go further to trail him wherever he goes, all the way to his rural home in Mathira, Nyeri.
According to Gachagua, who was impeached from office in October 2024, a saloon car that had been parking at his residence trailed him to PCEA Kerarapon Church in Kajiado.
Upon checking the NTSA portal for the ownership of the car, Gachagua says he realised that the number plates are registered to a lorry.
“This surveillance and intimidation of Kenyans was last witnessed during the era of the dreaded ‘Special Branch’ during the 24 years of Moi’s misrule! In this era of extrajudicial killings, forced abductions and disappearances by state agents, I have thought it important to share with Kenyans the harassment and intimidation I am going through, and inform them to hold the state responsible if I am harmed by state agents,” Gachagua wrote on his X account.
He added: “I request the state to leave me alone! You hounded me out of office, and you should now allow me to enjoy my peace as a private citizen.”
Gachagua recently claimed that his impeachment from office followed two failed assassination attempts.
He blamed his tribulations on taking President William Ruto head-on on the ills in Kenya Kwanza Government, including the controversial multi-billion shilling Adani-JKIA takeover.
