Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua often claims to know the inner workings of police operations—who is behind abductions, who is responsible for the deaths of young people in custody, and which rogue officers are being used to silence dissent. But when asked to back up his words with action, he goes silent.
This silence isn’t neutral. It’s strategic.
Gachagua doesn’t want to resolve these issues—he wants to keep them alive just enough to exploit them politically. If he truly wanted justice, he would have already recorded a statement with the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), submitted evidence to Parliament, or supported formal investigations. Instead, he dangles sensitive information in public, not to help, but to stir outrage and center himself in the narrative.
Take the case of Albert Ojwang, the young man who died in police custody. Gachagua had plenty to say—but not in a court, not in a police station, not in Parliament. He prefers the camera to the Constitution.
We must ask: Why does someone who claims to know so much do so little to help? The answer is simple—he doesn’t want the truth out. He wants the anger, the confusion, the pain to linger because it serves his political goals.
This is not leadership. This is exploitation.
The young people of Kenya deserve justice, not political games. Families who’ve lost sons and daughters to police violence need answers, not press conferences. If Gachagua has credible information, let him hand it over to the relevant institutions.
And if he won’t, then he must be held accountable for using the suffering of young Kenyans as a stepping stone for political gain.
Kenya needs solutions—not another politician feeding off national pain.
