Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is now accusing the media of being paid to tarnish his image.
Gachagua who for long has not been in good books with the fourth estate is accusing sections of the press of being sponsored by those he described as ‘milk cartels’.
He claimed sections of the media were being sponsored to fight him by an alleged entrepreneur in the milk business.
“Kwanza mtu ya maziwa ndiyo analipa hii watu ya gazeti, si mnajua cartel wa maziwa? Na ni mimi na hawa…hii watu wanaiba pesa ya maziwa, in another three months, mtaanza kuuza maziwa mzuri,” he said.
The deputy president accused the media of cooking up narratives on Mt. Kenya politics in an apparent reference to simmering regional supremacy politics between him Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro who has been conducting high profile political events
“Kama hatukuogopa Uhuru na system na deep State, watu ya magazeti tutaogopa nyinyi? Mwache hiyo maneno mko nayo. Mnakuja hapa Murang’a mkutano mzuri mnakoroga mnaweka uwongo,” he said.
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At the same time, Gachagua reiterated that State appointments should be reserved to those who voted for the President William Ruto administration.
“How can he pick people who are saying his programmes cannot work to come and assist him? So, before he can pick others, he’ll pick those ones first…na itakuwa namna hiyo, mtaona,” he said.
