{"id":103979,"date":"2024-12-02T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/i-regret-trusting-ruto-gachaguas-post-impeachment-assessment\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T09:04:00","slug":"i-regret-trusting-ruto-gachaguas-post-impeachment-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/i-regret-trusting-ruto-gachaguas-post-impeachment-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"I regret trusting Ruto: Gachagua\u2019s post-impeachment assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI Kenya, Dec 1 \u2014 Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said only regrets his unquestionable faith in President William Ruto, terming his dealings with him \u201cas a Christian\u201d had taught him a painful lesson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking on Saturday, Gachagua said whatever Ruto told him, he took it as the truth and acted blindly. Given a second chance, Gachagua said he would strictly deal with the President as a politician.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only regret I have is that I dealt with President Ruto as a Christian. I trusted him, I believed in him. Whatever he told me, I took it as the truth and acted blindly,\u201d Gachagua told NTV.<\/p>\n

Gachagua said he now understands why former President Uhuru Kenyatta campaigned against President Ruto in the 2022 presidential contest.<\/p>\n

The former Mathira lawmaker said he had come to realization of President Ruto\u2019s \u201ctrue identity\u201d and soon he will tell Kenyans who he is.<\/p>\n

He attributed the fallout to his opposition to some of the projects he considered harmful.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am happy Ruto has come to confirm the many negative things Uhuru used to tell us about his deputy, then I used to doubt the issues raised but not any longer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has given me an opportunity to serve, deal with him and know him better and moving forward I will ensure Kenyans will get to know who he is,\u201d Gachagua said.<\/p>\n

The former DP vowed not to repeat his mistakes.<\/p>\n

Life after October 18 <\/h2>\n

Gachagua became first Deputy President in Kenya to be impeached.<\/p>\n

The 59-year-old politician, popularly known as \u201cRiggy G,\u201d was convicted by the Senate, which upheld five charges out of eleven levelled against him by Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse.<\/p>\n

Gachagua had denied multiple charges including corruption, practicing ethnically divisive politics, and undermining the President.<\/p>\n

The former DP now said he engages in family and recreational activities since the events of his impeachment on October 18, 2024.<\/p>\n

He said he has enough time to read books and listen to country music and also more time to spent with his wife, Pastor Dorcas, and also visit friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have had a lot of time to read, listen to country music, spend time with my wife, and visit friends, to exercise and have time to reach out to people out of the country which I did not have enough time there before,\u201d Gachagua said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI Kenya, Dec 1 \u2014 Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said only regrets his unquestionable faith in President William Ruto, terming his dealings with him \u201cas a Christian\u201d had taught him a painful lesson. Speaking on Saturday, Gachagua said whatever Ruto told him, he took it as the truth and acted blindly. Given a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}