Ruto's pickAfter weeks of speculation and delays Ruto picked Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua at the expense of Senator Kithure Kindiki in Tharaka-Nithi who was the preferred candidate among Mount Kenya MPs in Ruto's Kenya Kwanza (AC Vol 61 No 19 Keeping up with the Kenyattas)...
In response Ruto selected Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua who has acquired a reputation as a rabble rousing campaigner but faces corruption and money-laundering charges (Dispatches 16/5/22 Martha Karua and Rigathi Gachagua make the cut as running mates)...
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Deputy President William Ruto has chosen Rigathi Gachagua a first-term MP from the Mount Kenya region mainly because of his ability to organise mass rallies in that key voting region...
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From Mount Kenya Ruto's possible running mates include Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua who like Ruto has fallen out with President Kenyatta having served as his personal assistant in the early 2000s...