'We are inheriting a dilapidated country,' Deputy President-elect Gachagua says

Deputy President-elect Rigathi Gachagua has reiterated that together with President-elect William Ruto they will work towards fixing the country’s economy which is says is country broken down.

Speaking on Monday after the Supreme Court upheld their election victory, Gachagua said they will hit the road running, noting that as the Kenya Kwanza government they understand the uphill task lying ahead of them.

“I want to urge our colleagues in this struggle. Those who have been persecuted, those who have wounds, please let this victory heal all our wounds and let us get to work. We have work to do… We are inheriting a dilapidated country with a Ksh.10 trillion public debt,” said Gachagua.

He added: “We are inheriting a country with 6 million young people without jobs. We are inheriting a country with 14 million Kenyans in CRB. We have work to do and let no one cheat you it is easy. We have to work from day one.”

According to Gachagua, Kenya’s problem has been bad leadership.

“This is a great country and Kenya has no problem. The problem of Kenya is one of leadership. Once you put the right leadership into place this is a beautiful country with very resourceful and hardworking people,” noted Gachagua.

The deputy president-elect invited their competitors in the election to join them in working towards transforming the country.

“Let bygones be bygones and let all those who were against us, we invite them to join us we build this country. We have nothing against anybody because we are Kenyans and we are good people and all we want is the economic transformation of our beautiful country,” he said.

At the same time, Gachagua pointed out that their journey to victory was not easy, noting that they had to overcome various challenges among them the weaponization of State machinery.

“The rocks that were put on our path could not be lifted by a human being. it is all the work of God. it has been a long and tedious journey against all the odds, serious mobilization and weaponization of the state machinery. Today the son of an ordinary Kenyan whose father and mother are not known is the president of the republic of Kenya,” he said.