Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has denied allegations he banged the table during a meeting with President William Ruto at State House after he was allegedly denied a Ksh.8 billion package to quit his post.
The allegations emerged at a time when members of parliament are set to table an impeachment motion against Gachagua this week.
Meanwhile, reports indicate that Gachagua is seeking compensation for every vote President Ruto got in the vote-rich Mount Kenya region during the 2022 elections.
However, during an interview with local radio stations from the Mt Kenya East region on Sunday, September 29, 2024 Gachagua dismissed the reports as baseless.
The deputy president rubbished the claims terming them as nonsense with no truth in them.
“I don’t have interest with any money. I saw yesterday the local dailies writing some nonsensical things that I banged tables at State House,” Gachagua asserted.
“I don’t have many needs. My wife is a pastor and I have grown-up kids who no longer need money support from me,” he added.
He insisted that he is focused on serving Kenyans and he has no interest in any money.
“I have no interest in any benefits or any money,” the DP said.
“If it is money I wanted, I would have been bought out by political opponents to part ways with President Ruto, I do not put money first, Kenyans are my priority,” he added.
On the other hand, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah on Sunday confirmed that the impeachment motion against Gachagua will be tabled on Tuesday.
“As MP for Kikuyu, I have appended my signature to remove (Gachagua) from office. We must stop the sabotage of government from within,” Ichung’wah said during a church service in Kikuyu.
According to MPs supporting the motion, Gachagua is accused of among other things violation of Article 10 on the National Values and Principles of Governance.
The MPs argue that Gachagua’s utterances have been inciteful, reckless and capable of stirring ethnic hatred.
Gachagua is also accused of violating articles 147, 148,174,186 and 189 of the Kenyan constitution which speak to his conduct and responsibility as the principal assistant to the President.
