Gachagua Believes His Speech Pushed Ruto to Admit to Widespread Abductions

Rigathi Gachagua, the former deputy president, on Sunday, December 29, revealed that he believed his public utterances forced President William Ruto’s recent admission on abductions in Kenya.

Speaking to journalists in Kakamega County, Gachagua intimated that Ruto only admitted to the abductions (which many believe to be state-sponsored) after his (Gachagua’s) scathing expose that he believed brought to light an unnamed building in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) where the victims of abductions were supposedly being held.

Gachagua stated that it was only after he disclosed that the building with over 21 floors and an individual named Abel, related to a very influential person in government, as the main figures in the abduction menace in Kenya, that Ruto broke his silence over the matter.

“I have a feeling, I don’t know, I am not quite sure that the decision by the President to admit that there are abductions and that he will stop them are quite informed by what I said because we are getting nearer to the truth,” Gachagua stated.

The former DP added that before his revelation on December 28 where he claimed that a secret police unit under Abel’s leadership was behind the forced disappearance of Kenyans, Ruto had repeatedly stated that no abductions were happening in the country.

“They said there were no abductions. The President (Ruto) said more than five times that there were no abductions. He seems to have changed his mind and said that he is going to stop the abductions,” he noted.

Ruto communicated the government’s commitment to end abductions in an address during the Homa Bay Governor’s Cup in Homa Bay on December 27 that was also graced by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

“As a government, we will do our part and the issue of abductions will end in the country so the youth can live in harmony and the youth can become people of integrity and respect to move the country forward,” Ruto stated.

Gachagua seemingly stated that the U-turn pointed out to the deceptive nature of the administration. “So if he is going to stop the abductions, who was behind them? Do you people really believe what these people (government) say? These people will say anything. They are not believable anymore,” he noted.

Gachagua further shed light on his revelation of the building, justifying remaining tight-lipped about the building’s exact location and name.

“I did not want to name the building because there are people doing business there and giving out its name would be putting that building and the people in that building in danger. I am giving the government time to dismantle that unit operating on the 21st floor of that building,” he stated.

Gachagua also faulted his former boss for not acting on his words claiming that despite Ruto’s declaration the abducted people were still missing with their whereabouts unknown.

“But since the President spoke it has been almost 64 hours since the people have not been released. We would like these people to spend the New Year’s with their families. Order their release from wherever they are,” he asserted.