Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has extended an arm to former President Uhuru Kenyatta in what he termed as several years of friendship and brotherhood.
Gachagua who has been on loggerheads with The 4th President since 2022 has extended an olive branch to the former in a bid to unite the Mt Kenya region.
The two leaders were set to share a podium on Saturday at the burial service of retired Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police Zachary King’ori Mwangi in Tetu, Nyeri County.
The deputy president however arrived at the burial of the former police boss after Kenyatta had already left to attend the burial of Amos Kimunya’s wife Anne in Nyandarua
Addressing the mourners at the burial of the former assistant police IG, Gachagua expressed his eagerness to meet Kenyatta, whom he described as “a friend, former boss, and elder brother.”
He revealed his disappointment at missing the opportunity to greet Kenyatta in person due to a delay in the event’s schedule.
“I was looking forward to meeting my friend, former boss, and my elder brother, President Uhuru Kenyatta. I wanted to come and greet him because I have not seen him for a while and tell him it is well.”
Gachagua also instructed leaders from the region to cease attacking the former President whom he says has now decided to retire peacefully after a heated election.
“I instructed leaders from this region that I don’t want to hear anyone attacking him verbally. I said let him retire peacefully. If I had met him, I would have told him, so.”
According to Gachagua, they have been well with Uhuru for the past seventeen years and there is no way the two years will wash away the seventeen years they’ve known each other.
“Myself I stayed with President Uhuru Kenyatta for 18 years as his PA as his confidant as, as his defender. The years we stayed together as friends are 17. The ones we disagreed are two. The good out ways the bad.”