Junet Mohamed: My Biggest Achievement in National Assembly Is Impeaching Rigathi Gachagua
- Junet Mohamed was among the politicians who graced Raila Odinga's bodyguard George Oduor's burial
- While addressing mourners, he told President William Ruto that his greatest achievement in parliament was to impeach Rigathi Gachagua
- According to him, the former DP was discriminative and thrived on divisive politics which is why he does not have remorse for him
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Suna East Member of Parliament Junet Mohamed has maintained that he is excited that he supported the impeachment of former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua.
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While speaking at the late Raila Odinga's bodyguard's burial, Junet criticised Gachagua for supporting divisive politics.
Why Junet Mohamed wanted Rigathi Gachagua gone
He also said that he laughs each time he sees him on TV complaining yet he was also doing the same to them when they embarked on demonstrations in 2023.
"One thing that I am so proud of in parliament as the minority leader and the biggest achievement was to remove your deputy. I have written that in the book. I did something very important. He was the one leading discrimination. He was saying they have shareholding, people should leave for Uganda, I think for us in Migori he placed us in Tanzania. When that motion came, I was collecting signatures at night, visiting parliamentarians asking them to add signatures so he can go home."
Gachagua was impeached in October 2024 after the Senate overwhelmingly voted to remove him from office.
Junet also defended ODM working together and said the president was creating a broad-based government that encompasses all Kenyans.
"People are worried about 2027 but there is life between now and 2027. There is service to the people between now and 2027. And there are many people against that plan," he added.
He also jokingly said he can now see the financial planning that happens because of the ODM members serving in key dockets and asked the government to allocate more shares to support devolution.
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Ruto speaks on working with Gachagua
Elsewhere, the president recently continued his onslaught on his former second-in-command and lamented how hard it was to work with him.
He praised his now deputy, Kithure Kindiki for taking up difficult tasks and commended him for his competency.
Ruto remembered how frustrated he was while working with Gachagua which left him overstretched and unsupported.
His address saw many cheer after he started praising Kindiki and noting the qualities he had so far shown on the job.
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How much Ruto offered Gachagua to resign
In a different report, Gachagua criticised Ruto's government and claimed he tried to give him money so he could resign.
According to the politician, the president was willing to give him KSh 2 billion, security and a good remuneration to vacate office.
He however noted that he refused to take the lucrative cash as it would have dented his profile and made him appear selfish.
Gachagua further alleged that the president told him that resigning would give him a sure way of vying for a political seat in the future.
Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
