Rigathi Gachagua Claims Gov't Used 40 NIS Agents to Track Him in US Tour: "Endangered Our Safety"
- Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua alleged the state has been monitoring his movements in the US
- He claimed that at least 40 National Intelligence Service (NIS) agents were deployed to monitor him
- Gachagua asserted that such schemes were posing a danger to national security, suggesting his supporters would be triggered to react violently
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Kai Eli, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua's sustained attacks on the National Intelligence Service (NIS) seem to be far from over.
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For a time, Gachagua has faulted the top brass of NIS, saying they have failed in their duties to secure the country.
What did Gachagua say about NIS?
He now alleges that NIS agents were sent to monitor his movements as he departed Nairobi on July 10 for the United States, where he is currently on a political tour.
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Gachagua claimed that at least 40 agents of the country's primary intelligence agency trailed him.
According to him, the spies harboured wicked intentions that would have put his life in danger had he not realised earlier.
He warned that such machinations were a threat to national security owing to his supposed political influence.
"During my current tour of America, over 40 agents were deployed by the NIS to trail us, with intentions that could have endangered not only our safety but also triggered serious unrest back home. Their actions show a dangerous disregard for the potential consequences on national stability," he claimed in an interview with Pacific TV.
It has been Gachagua's assertion that President William Ruto is using state agencies to terrorise Kenyans.
He recently declared his intention to open proceedings against Ruto in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Why Gachagua wants Ruto tried in ICC
On July 11, while addressing Kenyan nationals in Seattle, U.S., Gachagua disclosed that he had tasked a team with the specific instruction of examining evidence to put up a watertight case against Ruto.
He asserted that recent incidents in Kenya, including apparent extrajudicial killings allegedly by government agents, provided sufficient grounds to initiate charges against Ruto in the Hague-based court.
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Gachagua asserted that "the killings that are taking place in Kenya are all crimes under the Rome Statute and are admissible before the International Criminal Court, stating that "we have put up a team that is documenting all the atrocities, all the killings, all the displacements, all the disappearances, and all the abductions. And we have a team that is putting evidence together to take William Ruto to the ICC at the Hague."
He seemed motivated by Ruto’s earlier appearance in the court after he was indicted alongside five other Kenyans, former president Uhuru Kenyatta included, for crimes against humanity charges as regards the 2007 post-election violence.
How Gachagua will compensate victims of police brutality
Besides the prosecution of Ruto, Gachagua outlined the intention to establish a separate task force dedicated to recording alleged abuses by the state against civilians, with a promise of a framework for future compensation if his faction takes power in 2027.
He is optimistic he will unseat Ruto and form the next government.
Gachagua is currently in a coalition with Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, PLP's Martha Karua, Fred Matiang'i, and DAP Kenya's Eugene Wamalwa, among others.
Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
