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"If Gachagua had resigned on his own volition, people would have really believed in him."

Former police spokesperson Charles Owino has questioned Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s recent conduct, suggesting that his actions may create the impression that he was working against the Kenya Kwanza government. 

Speaking in an interview on Thursday, January 30, Owino claimed that many people would have believed Gachagua if he had resigned voluntarily.

"If Gachagua had resigned on his own volition, people would have really believed in him. But if you don’t do that and come and start behaving the way he is behaving now, then people will tend to believe that indeed he was sabotaging his government," he said.

File image of Rigathi Gachagua

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Owino's statement comes amid increasing political tension between Gachagua and President William Ruto.

For instance, while attending the opening ceremony of the DAP-K party headquarters on Monday, January 27, Gachagua alleged that senior officials at State House are doing business in the Affordable Housing Programme.

Gachagua claimed that Ruto's allies were the ones supplying construction materials for the projects, adding that the programme was coined to benefit those close to the president.

"If you look at the Affordable Housing Programme, it is the worst fraud against the people of Kenya and it is good that I tell the country. It has nothing to do with housing. It is business. If you want to build a house, you must go and sign a contract with companies that will sell the cement, steel and iron sheets and people behind those companies are at State House," he said.

During the same meeting, Gachagua accused Ruto of spreading false narratives about his removal from office, slamming him for labeling him as corrupt while deflecting his own accountability. 

“He goes to Western and claims they removed me because I am corrupt. William Ruto, do you have the moral authority to talk about corruption? We sympathize with you because recently, there was an opinion poll on the most corrupt person in the world. We are unhappy that you were rigged. Instead of giving you number one, they gave you number two," he stated.