KENYA : Impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has now claimed that there were two attempts on his life, prior to his Senate and Parliament's ouster from office.
Speaking outside the Karen Hospital on Sunday, October 20, Rigathi said the first attempt to assassinate him involved having an undercover agent poison his food.
"On the 30th of August, undercover security agents entered my room in Kisumu and one of them tried to poison my food but we detected it and we were able to escape the scheme. I was supposed to be killed through food poisoning," he said.
Gachagua noted that the second attempt to take him out happened in Nyeri where National Intelligence Service (NIS) operatives were sent to poison food meant for him and the Kikuyu Council of Elders.
"on the 3rd of September, another team from the NIS came to Nyeri and tried to poison food that was meant for me and the Kikuyu Council of Elders. I did report this matter to the NIS and the officers who were assigned to my office, I asked them to leave because I felt I was not safe," he alleged.
Gachagua claimed that he is not feeling safe and that if anything happens to him, the Head of State should be held to account.
"It is unfortunate that when I was here in the hospital, my brother and friend President William Ruto ordered the withdrawal of my security. Officers who were close to me were disarmed and given a warning that they should not be anywhere near me. I didn't know President Ruto could be that vicious. If anything happens to me, President William Ruto should be held accountable," Gachagua remarked.
He added, “Rigathi Gachagua and his family feel very exposed. I ask President William Ruto, my brother, I helped you to be president. Leave me alone. Leave my children alone. Do whatever you want, but let me live. Don’t kill us. Don’t kill my children.”
Rigathi Gachagua, was on Thursday Impeached by the Senate following an earlier impeachment in Parliament and is awaiting the court's decision on Tuesday to know his fate.
Former Ministry Of Interior Cabinet Secretary, Professor Kithure Kindiki, is set to take over Gachagua's position as Kenya's Deputy President if the Court Uphold's Senate's decision.