Tension has continued to manifest in the eyes of the public between President William Ruto and his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua after the Head of State met with Nyeri leaders today.
According to reports, President Ruto invited and met with Nyeri County Members of Parliament at State House in Nairobi without Gachagua amid controversy between the political relationship between the two leaders.
In what was aimed to be a development pact between the Nyeri MPs and Ruto, normally, Gachagua being the senior most leader in the region would have attended the meeting but yet again, he was missing in action.
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“Met Nyeri MPs, State House Nairobi, and discussed the government’s road, stadia, fresh produce markets and water programmes in the county,’’ Ruto shared after the meeting.
This comes just days after Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua skipped President Ruto’s event in Nyeri which saw his seat remain empty, raising more controversies surrounding the incident.
However, During today’s meeting, Ruto announced that Othaya Hospital in Nyeri, which in the past had been an annex of Kenyatta National Hospital, would be elevated to the level of a parastatal.
“Othaya’s Mwai Kibaki Hospital, an annex of Kenyatta National Hospital, will be gazetted as a parastatal with a board and an independent budget. This elevation will ensure the health facility is fully equipped to enable it to play its rightful role in the provision of Universal Health Coverage that begins next month.”
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Gachagua has remained silent in recent political events that have seen several elders from Mt Kenya region abandon him and back Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki as their mouthpiece in Mt Kenya region