Gachagua bullies Mt Kenya musicians into submission after visit

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua,address press on 19th May 2025 at home in Karen,Gachagua claim his life is in danger,this comes after police were stationed at his Wamunyoro home on Sunday, prompting Gachagua to go into hiding after learning of plans to arrest him.[Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

When former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua threatened a boycott of artistes who last week met Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, he suggested he was doing so on behalf of the community.

He had sat with elders, Gachagua would say, who had told him “to announce that those artistes must apologise and if they don’t, we will stop listening to their music.”

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