State House still tight-lipped as Rigathi, Muturi drop bombshells

State House on Tuesday remained tight-lipped despite explosive allegations by former allies of the President.

Impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Monday dropped more allegations that put President William Ruto’s integrity into question in yet another interview.

The claims came just days after former Public Service CS Justin Muturi also railed at Ruto, terming him as irredeemably corrupt and unfit to be the President.

In both instances, State House is yet to respond.

Among the claims by the former Deputy President is that the President’s personal commercial interests override national interests in his dealings domestically and internationally.

Gachagua sensationally called for international sanctions on President Ruto, saying he was playing a huge role in “cleaning” smuggled gold by Rapid Support Forces to Dubai to fund the war in Sudan.

“The International community shouldn’t look for any other commander of RSF. The real commander of RSF is not Hemedti, it is William Ruto. The money from gold is being cleaned through Kenya to buy firearms,” Gachagua told KTN.

“I am available to give evidence. I ask the international community to sanction William Ruto and the Sudan crisis will be solved. Sanctioning Hemedti is pointless.”

Gachagua further accused Ruto of placing commercial interests ahead of national interests in recognising Kosovo as a state.

He said Ruto has business interests with a former Kosovo president and jointly run a five-star hotel at the Coast.

He said senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs approached him in confidence, expressing concerns about the President’s push to recognise Kosovo as a state.

“A very senior officer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to see me. They told me that internationally, it is unwise for the Kenyan government to acknowledge or recognise Kosovo and that such recognition would create problems,” he said.

He, however, said the President told him off.

“Because of the President’s selfish commercial interests, we are now in trouble with Serbia and Russia. This is not right.”

He also accused the President of doing gold business with M23 rebels in the DRC.

The former DP accused the President of being at the centre of the importation of the subsidised fertiliser and benefiting from the Affordable Housing Programme.

He said the President was involved in the sale of fertiliser donated by Russia.

Among other allegations Gachagua dropped were tribalism, corruption and deceit.

Gachagua denied he demanded Sh10 billion from the President so that he would resign, instead saying it was Ruto who offered him Sh2 billion.

Despite the weight of the allegations, President Ruto is yet to respond.

His spokesperson Hussein Mohamed did not respond to a request for the President’s reaction.

Vocal allies of the President have also kept off the allegations, refusing to comment publicly.

The bombshell by Gachagua follows a recent explosive interview by former Attorney General and CS for Public Service Justin Muturi.

In an interview on NTV, Muturi accused the President of overseeing corrupt dealings behind the scenes.

“He is quite a dangerous character. I think Ruto is unfit for the position of President. I have no bitterness; this is my honest assessment. When I watch him tell members of the Cabinet that he doesn’t want to see corruption in his government, I always wonder because I know the kind of person he is,” Muturi said.