‘Don’t Talk About Kiambaa Massacre Or Whatever Happened!’ – Gachagua Told
A group of Rift Valley legislators has asked former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua to stop bringing up memories of the 2007-2008 post-election violence, as the country has healed and gone on.
Speaking at a church fundraiser in Kesses, Soy MP David Kiplagat and his Moiben counterpart Phyllis Bartoo remarked that the former DP’s statements are attempting to divide the country along tribal lines.
“We have all agreed to bury memories of 2007-2008, and we do not want to be reminded,” said Kiplagat.
“Everyone who was in Uasin Gishu in 2007/2008 does not even want to talk about Kiambaa or whatever happened. Leave us alone. In Uasin Gishu we live all tribes,” added Bartoo.
The leaders pointed to comments made by the former DP during an interview with KTN News.
Then, Gachagua compared the attack on PCEA Kasarani on April 6 to the Kiambaa church incident, in which approximately 30 villagers seeking refuge in a church were burned to death during the 2007 post-election unrest.
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“What happened yesterday… the message it has sent in the mountain is that the same people who had the impunity to burn Kiambaa church with people inside …” Gachagua remarked.
Rigathi Gachagua: The burning of Kiambaa Church in Eldoret is quite similar to what we witnessed at PCEA Mwiki. The culprits are the same, and Ruto has reopened our memories. pic.twitter.com/HYrWT7PpPj
— Cornelius K. Ronoh (@itskipronoh) April 7, 2025
“It has brought a lot of emotions, these are wounds people want to be healed… they have brought them back,” said Gachagua.
“The moment you send goons into a church to kill Gachagua and to kill Christians, you automatically bring the memories of Kiambaa church.”
In the recent incident, goons stormed PCEA Kasarani church before Gachagua’s attendance.
‘Don’t Talk About Kiambaa Massacre Or Whatever Happened!’ – Gachagua Told
