Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has publicly announced that he has forgiven police officers who allegedly undressed him during a raid at his home in Nyeri in July 2021.
On Monday, October 26, the former Mathira Member of Parliament was arrested by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over the Ksh12.5 Billion scandal.
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Gachagua was taken to the DCI Headquarters along Kiambu road in Nairobi over alleged embezzlement of public funds.
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Accompanied by National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula, Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wa, Narok Governor Patrick Ntutu, and Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, during a church thanksgiving service hosted by Ruto’s aide Farouk Kibet at Koilel Primary School, Gachagua stated that he has forgiven the 50 police officers purportedly sent by former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“Even those 50 police officers sent by Uhuru are forgiven,” Gachagua said.
He also added that the police who frustrated President William Ruto and him during the political campaigns were forgiven.
The DP said that police should know that they too have families and should not allow this to happen to anyone.
“Siku ingine musifanyie binadamu vile mumetufanyia, Mungu akiwapa nafasi ya kufanya (When given such opportunities again do not frustrate a human being like that),” he said.
He said that Kenyans need to embrace forgiveness to move forward.
“President William Ruto and I have forgiven everyone so that we can move forward as a country,” he said.
He urged Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to forgive all those who frustrated him.
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