Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has accused President William Ruto of orchestrating an assault on the judiciary as part of a broader strategy for full state capture.
In an interview on KTN, on Monday evening, Gachagua claimed that Ruto had previously expressed intentions to manage the electoral cycle and Supreme Court. "I must tell the people of Kenya that we have to be very careful because the president wants and pronounced himself before me many times that he needs to manage the electoral cycle from the IEBC to the Supreme Court.
He dictated his desire to have the entire bench replaced so that he can put in place one that would do what he wants, and that is very dangerous for the country," said Gachagua.
Gachagua further alleged that Ruto had long planned to remove Chief Justice Martha Koome for resisting political interference. "He shared with me and many times he even quarreled with me that a daughter from the mountain was being problematic and accused me of being unable to manage her to do things the way the president wants," he claimed. "He confided in me many times; he even quarreled with me that a 'daughter' from the mountain was being problematic and accused me of being unable to manage her to do things the way the president wants," he claimed.
