Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has come out with explosive claims against the government and President William Ruto, alleging a murder plot against him.
While speaking at his Karen residence on Monday, May 19, Gachagua claimed state-sponsored officers had specific instructions to take him out on Sunday, May 18.
According to Gachagua, he was made aware of alleged instructions from the President to 'deal with him' once and for all on Sunday, while he was attending a church service in Murang'a County. "While attending a church service in Gatanga Constituency yesterday, I received intelligence reports that President William Ruto had ordered that I be dealt with once and for all," Gachagua said in his explosive presser. Rigathi Gachagua during a church service in Gatanga, Murang'a County on Sunday, May 18 2025 The former second-in-command further claimed that attempts to quell him by state-sponsored goons failed on Sunday, prompting police to intervene in the alleged plot to take him out. He added, "Since the goons sponsored by the state on several occasions had failed, police and other state security agencies had to come in." This followed an incident on Sunday evening, which saw police officers drawn from multiple units reportedly surround the former second in command's homes.
On Sunday, while attending a church service in Gatanga constituency, Gachagua denied making inciteful remarks as he accused his political adversaries allied to the Kenya Kwanza government of spinning the narrative against him. "They are trying to change the context of what I said.
