Rigathi Gachagua has no shame and no fixed principles only fixed ambitions.
Yesterday, the impeached former Deputy President demanded the immediate scrapping of the Government-to-Government (G2G) fuel import deal, branding it the “central source of opacity” that drives up pump prices and enriches cronies.
This is the same man who, in April 2023, proudly jetted to Mombasa as Deputy President and personally received Kenya’s first G2G consignment — two tankers loaded with 160,000 metric tonnes of petroleum products. He hailed the arrangement as a strategic victory that would stabilise supply, bypass exploitative middlemen and cushion Kenyans from global shocks.
The hypocrisy runs deeper.
In May 2023, Gachagua vigorously defended the 3% Affordable Housing Levy, calling it essential for job creation and national development. Today he labels the entire programme a “hoax” designed to enrich Ruto’s allies and vows to scrap the levy, refund every deduction and hand over completed houses to counties.
His relationship with Uhuru Kenyatta tells the same story: loyal personal assistant for years, then vicious 2022 campaign attacks on Uhuru and Mama Ngina — including alleged goon raids on Northlands farm. Post-impeachment, he suddenly calls Uhuru a “statesman” whose legacy must be protected and claims their bond is unbreakable.
This is not evolution. This is the classic behaviour of a desperate conman who praises policies when inside government and condemns them the moment he is out.
Kenyans remember the Mombasa dock photos. They remember the passionate defences. They see the endless flip-flops of a man with no convictions — only naked hunger for power.
The mask has fallen. The record is damning. Gachagua’s selective amnesia belongs in the political dustbin.
