In a fiery tell-all interview with Obinna on Friday, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua didn’t hold back as he dropped explosive claims about his former boss, President William Ruto.
According to Gachagua, their political bromance wasn’t built on a strategic deal or any official paperwork—but on tears, prayers, and a whole lot of sympathy.
“The man used to show up at my house in tears, pleading, ‘My brother, help me, I’m a Christian, a good man,’” Gachagua claimed. “Out of compassion, I agreed. But there was no signed agreement, just his word and what I believed was loyalty.”
In the blistering interview, Gachagua painted Ruto as a desperate man who clung to him during the chaotic political fallout with former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“He knew my bond with Uhuru ran deep. I was his PA once. At one point, Ruto was terrified I’d go back to Uhuru—and if I did, his political ambitions were finished,” said Gachagua.
Their alliance, forged in the heat of betrayal and power plays, seemed unshakable—until it wasn’t. Gachagua now accuses Ruto of backstabbing him, breaking promises, and using him as a political pawn.
“If there’s one man who can deceive with a straight face, it’s him,” Gachagua said bitterly. “He made me turn my back on a brother I trusted—Uhuru Kenyatta. Then he duped me. He conned me with sweet words and crocodile tears.”
Once a die-hard Ruto loyalist, Gachagua now seems to be singing a very different tune—one that sounds like regret, betrayal, and unfinished business in Kenya’s ever-turbulent political theater.
