POLITICS: Gachagua Goes After Ruto’s PHD Education Status
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has criticized President William Ruto’s recent tour of the Northeastern region, during which he boasted about his PhD education.
During a trip to Garissa County in early February, President Ruto chastised government critics, stating that they had the intellectual credentials to challenge him.
Speaking to Musyi FM on Wednesday, Gachagua took a shot at his former employer, pointing him that Ruto’s PhD status had nevertheless thrown the country into chaos.
He noted that contentious Kenya Kwanza administration policies have an impact on areas such as health (Social Health Authority), university education funding model, and cost of living.
Rigathi Gachagua: President Ruto boasts about his PhD, yet he has let Kenyans down. We welcome Raila Odinga, but we remain alert because we have been betrayed before pic.twitter.com/O4f15KBSvG
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) February 26, 2025
“Tunamkaribisha lakini sisi si wajinga, tulisalitiwa na tuko macho. Hata kama hatuna PHD, ile masomo kidogo tukonayo ni ya maana. Rais amedharau wakenya sana lakini ukiangalia PHD yake unashangaa ni ya nini?” he posed.
“Amesimamisha mambo ya afya, university education imezama, gharama ya maisha iko juu. Kama matunda ya PHD ni hii, usituletee mtu akonayo.”
Rigathi Gachagua: We will teach William Ruto a lesson he will never forget in 2027 pic.twitter.com/ti9kTlmOsB
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) February 26, 2025
During a tour of Garissa County on February 6, 2025, President Ruto slammed critics of the statewide livestock mass vaccination effort, calling them fools who lack the credentials to advise him on what to do.
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“Sasa kuna watu wengine wajinga wanatuambia tusichanje ng’ombe yetu tusipate soko la kitaifa. Si hiyo ni ukumbafu? Si tumekuwa tukichanja mifugo yetu tangu zamani?” Ruto posed.
“Na mkiona wale wanalalamika ni watu sijui wamesomea wapi.Si mimi niko na PhD…si mimi naelewa nini inaendelea Kenya? Sasa mimi napata watu wako na elimu kidogo kidogo hapa wanajaribu kunifundisha, mnanifundisha kazi gani?”
Ruto: You Are Fools!
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) February 6, 2025
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Since his break with his former employer, Gachagua has been hellbent on exposing the Kenya Kwanza administration for what he considers poor performance.
POLITICS: Gachagua Goes After Ruto’s PHD Education Status
