‘You’re Courting Tragedy!’ – Gachagua Warns Kenya’s Security Apparatus Over Criminal Groups
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claims that some government officials use criminals to control politics.
Gachagua claimed that the government’s fence-sitting is a risky strategy.
The former DP referred to an event in Limuru last Thursday, in which he was forced to run after suspected thugs disrupted a funeral he was attending.
Gachagua stated the incident was a premeditated assassination attempt, beginning with the removal of his security detail.
He observed that unless the government moves quickly to prevent the unseemly trend, it has all the characteristics of turning into a grave security issue, similar to what was witnessed in the 90s.
“I want to caution the government to be very careful, when loose criminals were brought in the 90s, they developed into something that was very problematic. Rooting them out was a very painful and costly affair,” Gachagua claimed.
Rigathi Gachagua cautions government against use of criminal gangs in managing politics as it will develop into something disastrous
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The impeached ex-DP spoke in an exclusive interview with NTV that aired on Sunday night, December 1.
Following the Limuru tragedy, Gachagua cancelled plans to attend a burial in Molo and a religious event in Pipeline, Nakuru.
“Whoever has sat down and decided that you want to engage these criminal gangs to manage politics in the region, you are courting disaster and you’re starting something that you cannot stop,” Gachagua alleged.
Kenya has previously faced the brunt of outlawed criminal groups who caused havoc across the country, leaving a path of destruction, killings, and unimaginable misery for ordinary Kenyans.
They are Mungiki, Chinkororo, Sungusungu, the Taliban, Kosovo Boys, Kamjesh, and the Sabaot Land Defence Force (SLDF).
Despite the state’s relentless clampdown and prohibition of the groupings, some gangs, such as Mungiki, continue to operate today and are frequently employed by political figures to crush opponents.
Mungiki is a well-known violent juvenile gang with a previous membership of at least one million.
Gachagua said that the government’s apparent passivity as a new generation of criminal organizations arises and disrupts political gatherings amounts to endorsing lawlessness.
“These gangs were there, they were introduced in the 1990s during the clamour for multipartism to deal with those who were clamouring for a multi-party state,” he claimed.
“From what I was in Limuru and what had been organised in Nakuru and in Molo, some people in government have sat down and decided that they want to use criminal gangs to manage politics.”
The former second-in-command claimed that the destruction of leaders’ automobiles in Limuru was intended to deter vocal leaders from attending public events, silencing opposition.
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Gachagua claimed that if the trend continues unabated, the targeted leaders and members of the public may resort to self-defense and form gangs to combat the criminals.
“In fact, the people of Limuru are saying had we known that this gang was coming, they would have dealt with those characters,” he alleged.
“So we want the state to take over security, secure all meetings, stop using criminal gangs and arrest those characters because from social media, these characters are clearly defined and people were even putting names to them because they know them.”
‘You’re Courting Tragedy!’ – Gachagua Warns Kenya’s Security Apparatus Over Criminal Groups
