Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has faulted the state for continuing to use the law enforcement agents to frustrate him.
Gachagua claimed there was a desperation on the part of the government to prevent him from associating in public with his supporters.
On Saturday, March 29, Gachagua and his brigade were in Naivasha to grace the consecration and installation ceremony for Overseer Harrison Munyua of the Redeemed Church.
Police were around the vicinity armed with clubs, their firearms and teargas canisters.
After the church event, Gachagua, with his convoy, proceeded to the town to address gatherings.
Police tried pushing back the supporters, at some point launching their canisters to scatter them.
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Despite the police action, Gachagua bulldozed his way and got to address pockets of supporters who had braved the police action to listen to him.
Gachagua blasted the state for weaponising security agencies to suppress dissent.
He thanked his supporters for standing the humiliation to listen to him.
"Democracy cannot be replaced by dictatorship at all in Kenya; anyone dreaming of intimidating the cause to redeem our nation using state machinery must rethink who Kenyans are and what they have done to bad leadership since independence. Mai Mahiu people and great patriots, thank you for coming out despite the heavy deployment of security personnel to thwart your freedom of association. We march on," Gachagua said.
This would not be the first incident of Gachagua facing the police in his own meeting.
In December last year, an event he was attending in Nyandarua was disrupted by people believed to be police.
He had joined other Mt Kenya leaders allied to him at the Shamata grounds for a Thanksgiving Prayer Service.
All was smooth during the event until politicians started taking to the podium to address the attendees.
It was in the midst of Nyandarua senator John Methu's speech that a teargas canister was launched, prompting the scared crowd to scamper out.
Reacting to the events, Gachagua claimed a police officer was sent to disrupt the meeting.'
He suggested that the incident was a command from the president, who he claimed did not want to be criticised.
Gachagua vowed to continue with his political manoeuvres despite the frustration from the state.
