Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has attracted mixed reactions following his tell-it-all address to the media after being discharged from Karen Hospital on Sunday, October 20, 2024.

Addressing the media at the hospital’s facade, Gachagua claimed that he was not safe as some people had been trying to kill him.

Gachagua revealed that some individuals had tried to poison his food and even monitored his communication during a tour in Kisumu two months ago.

“For the first time, let me say that on August 30, in Kisumu, undercover security entered my room in Kisumu and bugged it and one of them tried to poison my food, but we detected it and we were able to escape the scheme,” Gachagua said.

“I was supposed to be killed by poisoning, and in September in Nyeri, another team came and tried to poison some food meant for me and the Kikuyu Council of Elders,” he added.

Gachagua further claimed that he had to send away some intelligence officers in his office following the incidents.

“I did report this matter to the NIS and asked the officers assigned to my office to leave because I felt I was not safe. After the two assassination attempts failed, it is when this impeachment motion was hatched,” Gachagua said.

Amisi’s message

Following Gachagua’s revelation, the Saboti Member of Parliament Caleb Amisi has pleaded with the embattled DP to record a statement to allow security organs to investigate the matter.

Amisi indicated such allegations need to be addressed as it is not the first time a leader in such a position has raised the same concerns.

According to the vocal lawmaker, proper investigations would allow security officers to get to the bottom of the matter and prevent its recurrence.

“I urge Gachagua to record a statement and report the matter so that the security agents can decipher the truth to the nation.

“Saitoti said it , Ruto said it during Uhuru fall out and now Gachagua. Our nation should never condone and joke around such matters, whether true or not,” Gachagua stated.

“We don’t need to wait for #Kindiki to start making similar claims when things go sour! Kenya needs a Renaissance,” Amisi insisted.

The ODM legislator indicated that such claims could spark uproar and thus needed to be properly investigated.