{"id":98589,"date":"2024-10-07T19:04:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T19:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/10\/07\/if-impeached-for-fighting-illicit-brews-so-be-it-no-apologies-gachagua\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T19:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T19:04:15","slug":"if-impeached-for-fighting-illicit-brews-so-be-it-no-apologies-gachagua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/if-impeached-for-fighting-illicit-brews-so-be-it-no-apologies-gachagua\/","title":{"rendered":"If impeached for fighting illicit brews, so be it \u2013 no apologies: Gachagua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 7 \u2013 Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has defended his campaign against illicit brews, asserting that he has no apologies to offer for his actions. <\/p>\n<p>One of the charges in the impeachment motion, sponsored by Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse, claims that Gachagua is undermining devolution through this fight.<\/p>\n<p>In his defense, Gachagua dismissed the notion that his efforts to eliminate illicit brews could be a valid ground for his removal from office, calling it \u201ca big joke\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a ridiculous accusation that I have no apologies to make,\u201d he said on Monday in a televised national address.<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua has been a vocal advocate in the fight against illicit brews, especially in the Mt. Kenya region, where the issue is notably prevalent, according to the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA).<\/p>\n<p>He described it as absurd that Members of Parliament would entertain the charge against him regarding undermining devolution, urging them to dismiss it. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 7 \u2013 Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has defended his campaign against illicit brews, asserting that he has no apologies to offer for his actions. One of the charges in the impeachment motion, sponsored by Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse, claims that Gachagua is undermining devolution through this fight. In his defense, Gachagua [&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-98589","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\/98589","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=98589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}