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Deputy President William Ruto has reacted to the arrest of Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua.
Gachagua, a close ally of Ruto, was picked from his Nyeri home at around 6:00 am on Friday by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
The first-time MP was reportedly arrested in connection with an alleged Sh12.5 billion scandal and was driven to DCI headquarters in Nairobi.
Ruto, through Twitter on Friday evening, termed Gachagua’s arrest as politically instigated.
“My bro Gachagua, I know you are strong because we knew these politically instigated trumpet up charges were coming. This persecution on account of our friendship and political beliefs will come to an end. They have connections, networks, pedigree & godfathers BUT we have GOD our farther,” Ruto tweeted.
Detectives have been investigating the source of Sh12.5 billion wired into Gachagua’s bank accounts between 2013 and 2020.
He is alleged to have used proxies to fraudulently win tenders in various county government, State agencies, and ministries through 22 companies, with him as the sole beneficiary. Gachagua is said to have received the funds through three accounts in Rafiki Micro Finance Bank.
The funds were received from the Ministry of Lands (Kenya Informal Settlements Program), State Department for Special Planning, Ministry of Health, Bungoma County government, Mathira Constituency Development Fund, Nyeri County government, and the National Irrigation Board and are suspected to be proceeds of crime.
Gachagua is being held at Gigiri police station pending arraignment on Monday.
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Ruto is the devil's Advocate. Oh yes!
God does not like thieves! You are trying to blindside Kenyans to a huge crime of theft of which you have been accused as well!
I think God is more on the side of the poor people you and Rigathi have been stealing from - did God tell you to steal shs 7 billion from the Kimwerer and Arrow dams? I sure do not think so!
Ruto can really lie! A man of Ruto character is not a good leader! What Ruto is doing now is to lie to the people of Nyeri that he is on their side because Rigathi has been arrested for corruption deals!
Ruto said the charges against Rigathi have been trumped up and are politically motivated. Really Ruto? This guy is out of this world and should never lead Kenya because he will steal every thing in our National coffers.
I’m very shocked that Ruto can stand up at a podium to lie to the Kenyan people! This Ruto is truly bewitched and the murogi has sunk himself in the Indian Ocean.
DP RUTO...stop being delusional...
Gachagua is one corrupted person.
DP RUTO..STOP USING RELIGION as a tool to manipulate the masses.
All of us know that religion is the OPIUM of the poor, but the masses are waking up.
Maybe, just maybe, we need to do what happened in HAITI..
A BULLET TELLS NO LIE.
@little frog! Do you believe that Ruto is a thief? Is Kimwerer, Arrow dams theft a real life situation or just a printed matter in the media? And do you believe that Ruto had everything to do with the killing of Kenei, yembei, Muteshi, and the children burned in Kiambaa church in 2008? Do you believe it when Jirango says Ruto was stealing from the government by selling the same one YK92 t-shirts 10 times? One t- shirt would end up costing the tax payers ksh 10,000.00! Or do you want to tell us all these are media’s conspiracy theories?? As far as you are concerned, is DP Ruto corrupt???
Even God does not like thieves.No political instigation here just the long arm of the law finally catching up with him.You are next without stolen funds hakuna. maharambee kwa makanisa woi arap mashamba utapambana na hali yako.They need to freeze your assets before elections voters hawapendi maskini pia
Okay okay Ruto, you have God, they have godfathers. Fair. Kiambaa victims have ??
Ruto is calling upon his Demi gods after he and Rigathi have run away with our money! Let me asked you Ruto; which God do you think the women and children you burned inside Kiambaa church called upon while they were burning to death? Do not insult our intelligence by telling us that God is on your side when you get arrested for stealing! Is this a kale miujiza au warakini? Shame on you Ruto!!
Maggots celebrating baba Moi.Rito gang against frree election 1992.
Raila castrated ( those babies born after 1992 are questionable/)..
Same rich Ruto became hustler and killed bunch of in church by fire..
Kibaraila set a football game ..
Uhuru muthama and Rtou radio noise maker
LEY BURN IT AND STARRT FROM SCRATCH
Does it really make any difference if the allegations/charges are politically instigated or not?, Religiously instigated or not.Enemy instigated or not. What matters is if the charges or allegations are true.And that calls for a day in court where hopefully his story would adduce his guilty or innocence.
As to what side God is on, is very simple. He is on the side of those who do not lie,and or steal.Remember anybody can claim that God is on his or her side when things are going well.
Merely stating this,and that is politically motivated or instigated does not make it so.Show evidence.Come to think of it,this is a weapon politicians like to draw from their tool box when nothing seems to be working in their favor.
There are no politically instigated claims of gachagua stealing people’s money! It is only Ruto who cannot understand his thieving brother @gachagua has been caught just like Ruto was caught stealing many times!
I got a message here for the Kiambaa youth! Stop being fooled by a mad man who will turn around and butcher all of you after 2022. I’m done telling you what I know will come to happen! Point blank!!
The judges will free rigathi because Ruto has already paid his ransom to the courts to free him!
Do you think the courts in Kenya work? That is where the most evil lies. Why do you think Muchelule and them other judges are getting arrested?
Judges have mortgaged our “justice system” to a point Kenyans have lost faith in the courts! I wish I was wrong about this issue! But they think “God their father” is on their side because they have stolen everything! They all think like DP Ruto that “God the Father is on our side”! What Ruto didn’t say was, “may the wheelbarrow people go to Lucifer for help”!
I don’t even know which “god” is on the side of the poor masses in Kenya.
Ruto must be the biggest con in the world to claim the name of God as his helper while he is in troubled waters but he does not remember God when he is stealing from the poor people of God!
Something is seriously wrong with William Ruto that he does not want to a count for his crimes because he thinks he can fool others by hiding in the word of God. It is really hard to make what Ruto is really mad of as he feigns Jesus to wade off his bad character.
Kenyans - what do you really make of Ruto supporting a man who have stolen your billions of shillings? Worse B off is Ruto incriminating God in this saga of the circle of high level thieves!
Is Ruto the man Kenyans would want to entrust with their government?
Come on DP Ruto, the guy you are defending stole billions of shillings! Have you no shame?
It is clearly a time of awakening for Kenyans to see Ruto call a thief his brother in crimes! How stupid does Ruto think Kenyans are?
How low is Ruto going to sink our country by siding with the wrong bad fellas? Kenyans please wake up and realize that Ruto will sell Kenya if he gets his way.
Stop lying to us Ruto! Gachagua has stolen every penny he is accused of stealing!
Stop giving this corruption king print time!
I would prefer the media shuts Ruto off completely! His shenzi shenanigans are below that of a normal human being.
I never thought that God likes to hang out with thieves. I’m not sure which God Ruto is talking about because Ruto’s message does not make any common sense at all!
Kenyans should be very sick and mad about Ruto taking to the podium to tell us lies about a fellow thief! Where are the hustlers from Kiambaa who tell us @si uchawi” because they voted for Ruto!? I personally think kuna uchawi ya Ruto humu Kiambaa.
Is this man for real? God does not put up with thieves! You might joke around using the name of God in vain and end up getting your mouth smitten with the Lord’s sword mr DP Ruto!
Kenyans have suffered in you hands for the longest time since 1992. You and Rigathi have stolen enough of money to mock us with the name of God, the only source of strength we continue to hold on to for survival! Leave us alone Ruto!
You are in the same government that arrested Rigathi @ruto! Why don’t you release him if you think he is not guilty of stealing?? I get tired of Ruto trying to make himself a holy priest while still inside the same government with Uhuru! We are paying every single month while you have been campaigning. Are your campaigns what feed us every day? Shape up is ship out! Nonsense coming from the biggest thief on earth!
“My brother gachagua….” So says Ruto when the man has stolen 12 billion Kenya shillings! And how is God on your side while you have been the most corrupt DP in the history of mankind? So all thieves refer to each other as “my brother in crime” this days? Give as a break you damn foolish DP Ruto. Now you are all best relative and friends after you have hosed us out of the billions of shillings! I don’t know who Ruto was addressing but this is very shameful!
It seems that the happenings in Kwazulu Natal have had an influence in Kenyan Politics. There seems to be movement on the front of accountability for tax payers money. This is of course a good development. However I will be the first one to call for caution. The folks at the DCI need to conduct themselves with utmost ethical conduct. All Kenyans rights need to be respected. Especially of those that are the recipients of these accusations. Also because these are politicians and govt officials holding office that we are talking about, there is a paramount need for deference for the publics interest of peace, stability and progress. One point that is for sure, is that the criminal justice system in Kenya should not be used to manage politics in Kenya. This really would amount to unethical and immoral conduct by the criminal justice system. It is up to the voters in Kenya to decide who their leaders should be. Not some bureaucrat at the DCI. We have a long legacy of corruption in Kenya. As such the whole lot is probably corrupted. Therefore it would be wrong for the DCI to unethically chose winners and losers in Kenyan Politics. This is a pertinent point. One real life illustration of this point is the James Comey Scandal at the FBI, when he was accused of influencing the election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
No @kim - we have given these fools enough caution, care, benefit of doubts, protection and love but they still continue stealing! You don’t treat them with kid’s groves when trying to recover the money they have stolen! It is our money they are stealing!
It will take you one month to count 12 billion shillings Rigathi is accused of stealing. There are still hungry people in Nyeri while Rigathi is banking away their money!
You just mentioned South Africa. Right?? Those burning and looting Kwazulu are very stupid because they are supporting a stealing Zuma.
When he stole, he was laughing all the way to the bank alone. Now it is time for Zuma to pay back and no body should stand up to support a thief! It Is that kind of lawlessness that made Trump call Africa a “Shithole Country”! It is African who got to stand up to fix the mess in Africa; and Kenya specifically! It is our country! Not Ruto’s country! Period!
It is our responsibility to hold those stealing accountable! Anyone who steals in America is shown the door! Even the most stupid American would not stand up in defense of a thief! Why are we in Kenya treating thieves kindly and with kid’s groves!????
We have known Ruto to be a thief! Period! But he is now number 2 in government. Imagine how much money Ruto will steal when he is number 1? Just take a moment and imagine for your wild imaginations!
This idea of “my brother” when someone is caught stealing in Kenya is wrong! I’m personally ashamed of Ruto for calling Rigathi his brother in corruption. I will not vote for Ruto because he is corrupt!
Brothers should earn a living fair and square but not from stealing poor people’s money! I could call Ruto my brother because I come from Sugoi area but I will not do so because he is a thief! I rest my case!
@kipserem - did you say that you live in or near Sugoi? All I can say and hope is that your house is well insured against fire, etc, and you have a huge life insurance!
Anyone who has spoken the truth about Ruto’s corruption appetite has recently had their houses set on fire, eg Mutahi ngunyi house in Runda.
The late Juma was killed for speaking the truth about Ruto in matters of corruption. Kenei was recently killed for knowing where Ruto was hiding the weapons in Sugoi and other corrupt deals.
@kipserem, your love for Kenya is admirable, and on top of that, you are a very courageous man to stand up for the truth next to Ruto’s house in Sugoi!
May the Almighty God of Heaven and Earth protect you and your family! I mean the real truth God, your Father in Heaven!!!
You got your facts all mixed up here @kim! Does it mean we have to accept corruption in Kenya any longer simply because “we have a history of corruption”? Is your father a Kenyan thief??????
Anyone involved in corruption was guilty yesterday, today and for ever! Do Kenyans have to accept corruption as a way of life? Those stealing should be shot in public to let every thief know stopping corruption is a serious business. How long are we going to keep on talking about corruption in Kenya?
The main reason corruption has persisted is because of the fake judiciary! DCI sends thieves to judges who get bribed by thieves to throw those cases into the dust bin!
Just look at Ruto calling Rigathi my “brother” after he has been arrested to answer stealing charges! Ruto should be stoned to death in public places for openly supporting corruption.
I’m telling you Ruto will corruptly throw away this case should he be lucky enough to be elected president! We need Kenya to do something drastic to stop corruption forthwith!
Ati “We (Ruto + Rigathi) have God our Father”? Hihiiiiii!!! How about us Ruto?
Now you want to make the Most High God to the the Father for the thieves only? I didn’t even know the thieves call upon God for protection when they are stealing!
Hii Ndunia kuna mambo!!! Shenzi wewe Ruto!
May our dear God commit Ruto to the pits of hell for using His name in vain over something he knows Rigathi did!
“My thieving brother my foot!”
Those who are keeping quiet in the kalenjin community as DP Ruto spread lies to Kenyans are as guilty as Ruto himself!
I do not think Ruto’s presidency is tenable in 2022 because he is corrupt! Ruto steals alone for himself and his family. Not for all the kalenjin community! Ruto has made a bad name of our community and for Kenya as a whole!
Presidency is more than one group of people! We have 44 tribes in Kenya m. And I think it is time to allow others to leader our beautiful country!
Whatever needs to be done to keep Ruto out of power in 2022 must be done! Ruto is not the right man for Kenya!
Germany wished they had kept Hitler out of power but it was too late and 6 million Jews were dead!
Look at Ruto’s eyes when he is telling a huge lie! Then look at the eyes of Hitler of Germany when he was about to kill 6,000,000 Jews!
The two sets of eyes (Hitler’s and Ruto’s) perfectly resemble in both men!
Why am I telling you to closely review them? The danger comes in sets!
Ruto can be stopped before a Hitler comes out of his demons!
Huyu Ruto ni ndomo tupu… He is just a lost politician trying to make hay to find relevance to himself! He is hedging all his eggs on Mount Kenya. What Ruto has gotten in Mount Kenya us simply disappointing at best; 50/50. Come 2022, Ruto will get below 25% from that region because Kikuyus will start the yeye-a-yeye (iii Munda witu nitwathira) and every body will line up to vote as a block!
Why would a man hoping to run for the presidency support a thief? Is it because Ruto himself is a thief? These are questions Kenyans need to ponder about in trying to understand the conman behind Ruto’s name.
Everything you see Ruto do is purposely designed to benefit Ruto alone - people see through these kind of self serving things!
There is no bone in Ruto’s body that cares about the so called “wheelbarrow lovers”! Ruto is just conning the most poor with some identifying trade language hoping to get enough dissenting votes to get him to the house on the hill; the state house.
Beyond that Ruto has no plan for the hustlers! And that hustler nation will crumble! Period!
Do not be surprised that the god that Ruto calls upon watches as kids die of diseases that can be easily managed. He also watches as people die of covid, accidents, state sponsored terrorism, religious disagreements, you name it. But because Luto has bribed him (it is always a man), he will do as Luto desires. The only thing that can stop this god and luto is your vote!
Well, I want to agree with your analogy of Ruto’s and Rigathi’s little gods! But I do ready the Holy Book and it says otherwise!
The God of Heaven must be very ungratefully angry with the bad things Ruto has done here on earth! God is very mad with Ruto burning those little ones in a Kiambaa church in 2008. God is equally mad for Ruto killing Kenei over weapons Ruto was accumulating to kill us in 2022. For these few reasons, I surely know Ruto was calling “Sugoi gods our father” to help his friend Rigathi! These two worship earthly gods as they hope our God in Heaven will forgive them when they die and leave their kids fighting for all the stolen riches here on the earth!
@ Musa, you say The God of Heaven must be very angry with the bad things Ruto has done here on earth. Is it true that this God will be very happy with Ruto if he repents despite the bad things he has done,,and,or made the innocent suffer? It appears that Ruto goes scott free...MMMmmmmm wow.Just God?
Ruto will go Scott free to your imaginations @maxiley! This guy has done everything humanly negative to include corruption and killings! He is a man no one here on earth would want as a friend, let alone as a leader of a nation!
Kusema kweli, vitendo na tabia mbovu za Ndugu yetu Chirchir Samoei Arap Ruto ndizo zinanifanya nisitake kusikia hata kidogo mambo ya bibilia na miungu (gds) yake!
Jambo la kutisha na pia la kuhuzunisha ni kuwa mabilioni ya watu duniani hawaelewi ya kwamba, bibilia ni kitabu cha imani ya ndugu zetu Wayahudi. Ndiyo sababu kinatofautiana sana na kitabu cha imani ya Waarabu.
Taratibu ya watu ni kama hii:
1. Kila watu wana lugha yao.
2. Lugha inatengneza mila za watu.
3. Mila zinatengeneza imani ya watu na historia yao.
Kitu ambacho unaweza kukopa kw jirani zako ni lugha peke yake. Ukichukua majina, imani, na mila za watu wengine, wewe huwa tayari umeshakufa. Haya ndiyo yaliyowapata Wafrika waliouzwa ughaibuni (foreign lands). Wengi wao wana sura ya Kiafrika, lakini mila zao, imani yao, majina yao, ni kama ya watu wale waliowanunua mababu zao.
Naiomba serikali ya Kenya na serikali zote duniani zilizotawaliwa na nchi nyingine za kigeni ziache kabisa kutumia kitabu cha imani ya Waarabu na Wayahudi wanapoapisha (taking an oath) wananchi kuchukua mamlaka (responsibility) mapya.
Mwishowe, mambo ya maombi ni ushirikina (superstition). Ni lazima tupambane na matatizo yetu ya kila siku bila kutumia ushirikina kama dawa ya matatizo yetu.
Kwa nini Ndugu Ruto anaruhusiwa kufanya mikutano yake ya siasa na huku wafuasi wake hawajavaa barakoa?
Yeye anaendelea kusambaza virusi vya Korona na yafaa ashikwe na kupelekwa jela mara moja.
Wow, now we have a brotherhood development between a kalenjin thief and a kikuyu thief in Ruto and Rigathi! For sure the whole neighborhood will go up in flames 🔥 when Ruto’s Igbo relatives joy in the fray of corruption and theft! Please God have mercy on Kenya for all of us!
What a shameful behavior for a grown man in the size of a deputy president to refer to a thief as “my brother”!
Is stealing from ordinary Kenyans not a sham ugly astonishing thing to Ruto himself? 12 billion shillings is not a mere chunk change of cash! Or is it?
Am I really the only one that is confused about Ruto admitting that himself and gachagua are corrupt??? Ruto is wanting to be the president of Kenya in 2022! Is this correct people?
So now thieves have turned out to be members of the brotherly love community? Wow! The hell gods must be very crazy indeed! Wake up Kenyans!
Kenyans are tired of thieves Ruto. There is no ukabila when a thief is arrested and jailed! We want more thieves arrested including yourself Ruto! And that is not ukabila when you are arrested because of stealing the poor people’s money! I don’t know why you are spinning everything by saying ukabila and what have you!
Ruto, Kenyans are not as stupid as you think! You have underestimate the thinking power of Kenyans for a long time by selling them some fake tribal politics! Kenyans have figured you out!
When you talk tribal politics, you are trying to lie to us in your small mind! You are the most tribalist guy in the whole world! You just want kikuyu votes in 2022 but then after that you will kill every body!
Do not think we are stupid! We can see through you you like a shinning mirror on the wall! Don’t you dare cominfuse us by calling a kikuyu thief your own brother! Of course Rigathi is now your brother because you will snatch the money he stole once you get in office in 2022. We are not fools!!
Ruto never ceases to amaze with his flabbergasting childish statements! He always speaks exactly what he is planning to do! He talks about tribalism while he is the biggest tribalist in Kenya! Just look up who makes uda - mostly 99.999% of members are kalenjin! This gut is really very sick!!
What is in your bottom down economic model @dpruto? Carcass to feed the poor?
Ruto did you know you have consistently lied that you are with God? God can never be on the side of thieves; and that is Biblical par see!
Je, huyo mungu wako ni "hustler" kama wewe? Ananyakua mashamba ya wanyone kama wewe? Anamfanya msichana wa chuo kikuu mimba kama wewe?
Nakuomba tafadhali usimfanyie MWUMBAJI MKUU masihara!
Huyo mungu wako anayewaacha wazee, akina mama na watoto kuteketezwa kanisani hatumtaki. Huyo mungu wako wa kigeni ni bandia!