Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua now claims that Governor Susan Kihika’s husband, Sam Mburu, is controlling police officers in Nakuru County.
Speaking on Sunday, July 20, during a church service in Boston, US, Gachagua alleged that police officers in Nakuru informed him that Mburu was issuing instructions to them.
"I have talked to the police in Nakuru, and they are crying. They are saying the husband of Governor Susan Kihika, called Sam Mburu, is the one who is giving instructions to police,” Gachagua claimed.
The DCP party leader went on to claim that Mburu declared himself the person in charge of national government operations in Nakuru County.
Gachagua also alleged that Kihika’s husband bragged to the police in Nakuru about his close relationship with President William Ruto and their shared business interests.
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The former DP further claimed that Mburu threatened to transfer any police officer who disobeys his instructions.
According to Gachagua, the officers who tear-gassed his team in Subukia had informed Nyandarua Senator John Methu in advance that they would only pretend to lob tear gas canisters at them.
"The police went there, and they were so shaken, yet they knew it was illegal to stop the meeting. They told Methu that they were at work and would pretend to throw a few tear gas cannisters in different directions,” he claimed.
Gachagua asked Nakuru locals to punish Mburu by making Governor Kihika serve for only a term.
“I have told the people of Nakuru what Mburu is doing using Ruto’s name, to punish him, his wife, Susan Kihika, should be a one-term governor,” Gachagua added.
On Sunday, DCP leaders and politicians allied to Gachagua were blocked from holding roadside rallies in Bahati and Subukia constituencies.
The team had planned a series of rallies but were confronted by anti-riot police officers who barricaded roads.
The anti-riot officers dispersed the convoy and the crowd that had gathered with tear gas canisters.
