Allies of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua fear that rapprochement between Ruto and Odinga would sideline their man in a repeat of the 'handshake' politics that sidelined Ruto for most of the Jubilee government's second term (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...

Meanwhile the steady Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has emerged as the administration's international ambassador-at-large while the less experienced Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is focused on domestic matters...

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua estimated that Odinga's first day of protests on 20 March cost the economy Ksh2 billion (US$20 million – Dispatches 21/3/23 Raila takes to the streets)...

Dorcas Gachagua wife of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua herself a pastor was one of the high-profile attendees of a prayer rally hosted by Odero last December at the Moi International Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi...

But if anyone feels the need they can fold and join ' said Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said on 12 March...

And while the Director of Public Prosecutions has been quick to resurrect cases that had lain dormant under the previous administration his alacrity to drop corruption charges against Ruto loyalists – including Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua – on the grounds that they were politically motivated has not gone unnoticed (Dispatches 19/10/22 Freedom for Ruto allies as prosecutors drop corruption cases)...

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has a clearly defined portfolio quite different from Ruto's position in President Uhuru Kenyatta's second term when he had no specified role and was effectively sidelined from government...

Tensions between new Vice-President Rigathi Gachagua and central bank governor Patrick Njoroge could complicate matters...