Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been gradually sidelined while Musalia Mudavadi with foreign affairs now part of his prime cabinet secretary portfolio has become the key figure in Ruto's government (AC Vol 64 No 21 Ruto's reshuffle rewards the technocrats)...
Corruption cases against Ruto's' cabinet secretary for gender and culture Aisha Jumwa and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua were abandoned by state prosecutors within weeks of Ruto's election victory (Dispatches 19/10/22 Freedom for Ruto allies as prosecutors drop corruption cases)...
Mudavadi poses no threat to Ruto as an election rival though his elevation will cause anxiety for Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua who has spent much of the last year trying to shore up his own influence in the Ruto administration...
Allies of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua fear that rapprochement between Ruto and Odinga would sideline their man in a repeat of the 'handshake' politics that sidelined Ruto for most of the Jubilee government's second term (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...
Meanwhile the steady Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has emerged as the administration's international ambassador-at-large while the less experienced Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is focused on domestic matters...
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua estimated that Odinga's first day of protests on 20 March cost the economy Ksh2 billion (US$20 million – Dispatches 21/3/23 Raila takes to the streets)...
Dorcas Gachagua wife of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua herself a pastor was one of the high-profile attendees of a prayer rally hosted by Odero last December at the Moi International Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi...
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On 20 March Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua warned that the Inspector-General of Police has been given a clear mandate to protect lives and properties while Ruto gave a public address stating that 'allowing ourselves to operate outside the law is condoning impunity'...
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But if anyone feels the need they can fold and join ' said Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said on 12 March...
And while the Director of Public Prosecutions has been quick to resurrect cases that had lain dormant under the previous administration his alacrity to drop corruption charges against Ruto loyalists – including Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua – on the grounds that they were politically motivated has not gone unnoticed (Dispatches 19/10/22 Freedom for Ruto allies as prosecutors drop corruption cases)...