Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua spoke about his controversial inauguration day speech in which he publicly criticized former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s leadership.
According to Gachagua, his speech was driven by the need to tell Kenyans the truth and not a personal vendetta against Uhuru.
“Those are facts, why do people want me to run away from facts…. “I needed to tell the people of Kenya the kind of country we have inherited, I also needed to tell the people of Kenya that they are finally free,” Gachagua stated.
Moreover, the deputy president stated that his controversial speech was an opportunity to inform the nation that the State would not use resources to target anti-government critics.
“I wanted to tell the people of Kenya that they are free to criticise the government without the fear of reprisals… that is the truth, and I will conntinue telling Kenyans the truth,” he added.
Moreover, the deputy president dismissed claims that his speech at President Ruto’s inauguration left the over 6.9 million people who voted for their opponent feeling disenfranchised.
“I have every regard for [them], and I know they also agree with me because the cost of Unga is up, the fact that they did not vote for me has not made Unga cheaper,” Gacgagua said.
“The fact that they did not vote for us does not mean they have money in their pockets, the issue we were talking about were not about our supporters, they were about all Kenyans,”added the DP.
According to Gachagua, the Ruto-led government will serve all Kenyans regardless of how they voted.
In his inauguration day speech the DP launched a salvo of criticism at the then-outgoing president.
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While attacking the former president, Gachagua said that the new government will work tirelessly to revive the “dilapidated economy” back to how it was during the late President Kibaki’s exit from office.
In addition, the deputy president stated that the government is inheriting a demoralized country, citing the piling public debt and the unemployment state of Kenyans.