{"id":98440,"date":"2024-10-06T10:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T10:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/10\/06\/gachagua-asks-ruto-leaders-to-forgive-him-for-offensive-remarks-ahead-of-impeachment-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-10-06T10:05:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T10:05:02","slug":"gachagua-asks-ruto-leaders-to-forgive-him-for-offensive-remarks-ahead-of-impeachment-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gachagua-asks-ruto-leaders-to-forgive-him-for-offensive-remarks-ahead-of-impeachment-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Gachagua asks Ruto, leaders to forgive him for offensive remarks ahead of impeachment debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 6-Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has publicly appealed for forgiveness from President William Ruto in his first response since an impeachment motion against him was tabled in the National Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gachagua, who faces the possibility of being removed from office, urged his boss to set aside any grievances for the sake of peace in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the two years we\u2019ve been working together, the journey has been challenging. In our zeal and commitment, it\u2019s possible that I may have wronged you,\u201d Gachagua said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to ask my brother William Ruto to forgive me if my actions have caused any offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The impeachment motion, spearheaded by Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse, has placed Gachagua in a precarious position on the verge of exiting government.<\/p>\n<p>He also extended his plea for forgiveness to Parliament, in particular the 291 MPs who supported the impeachment motion, which cites nine grounds for his potential removal<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask Parliament to forgive any remarks or actions of mine that may have caused offense,\u201d Gachagua said, acknowledging the legislature\u2019s pivotal role in the outcome of the impeachment process.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Deputy President sought forgiveness on behalf of his wife, Dorcas Rigathi, lamenting that she had been dragged into his political troubles, with her privacy compromised due to public and social media commentary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf my wife, in her efforts to support the boy child and other programs, has offended anyone, I ask for forgiveness on her behalf,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua\u2019s appeal is seen as a bid to reconcile with both President William Ruto  and Parliament as he fights to maintain his position in the government.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 6-Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has publicly appealed for forgiveness from President William Ruto in his first response since an impeachment motion against him was tabled in the National Assembly Gachagua, who faces the possibility of being removed from office, urged his boss to set aside any grievances for the sake of peace [&hellip;]<\/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-98440","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\/98440","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=98440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}