'No dialogue!' DP Gachagua declares as he accuses Uhuru, Raila of stashing public funds in the Cayman Islands
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed calls for dialogue with Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition
Party leader Raila Odinga maintaining that the only discussion should be about
the former regime’s alleged embezzlement of public funds.
Speaking on Thursday during the burial of Maragua MP Mary Waithera's mother, Mama Diana Wanjiku Njuya in Murang'a County, Gachagua told off the opposition leader accusing him together with retired President Uhuru Kenyatta of looting public funds and allegedly stashing it in Cayman Island.
DP Gachagua called out the two leaders saying
the only discussion the government would have with them is only about the lost
government funds and not any other, maintaining that President William Ruto's
government would not be manipulated into sharing power.
“We want to have a discussion with Raila and
Uhuru together so that they tell us when they will return the Kenyan money they
took to Cayman Island..,” he stated.
“If it is about he (Odinga) coming and we
divide the government into two, that is impossible and cannot happen. If they
continue saying we are hardliners that is okay. If speaking the truth and
saying we cannot be cowed is being hardliners, so be it! We are hardliners.”
The DP went on to accuse former President
Uhuru Kenyatta together with the Azimio chief of importing cheap milk powder at
a lower cost then later adding water to form milk, which they would later sell
at Ksh.120.
“Let
them tell us when they will stop importing milk powder for Ksh.10 and later
mixing it with water and selling it to the people for Ksh.120. If that is the
discussion with Odinga and Uhuru, we will have it,” he claimed.
“We want the two of them to tell us when the
Ksh.15 billion which Uhuru ordered to be paid in 26 minutes will be returned.”
The sentiments by the deputy president come
amidst a standoff with the opposition which has led to Odinga declaring
countrywide protests on Mondays and Thursdays to compel the government to lower
the cost of living.
President Ruto has also remained unbowed amidst the
calls by the opposition, saying his administration would take robust measures
to ensure that no individual shall hold the economy, hostage, by creating
"impunity, lawlessness and disorder."
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