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Looks like Riggy G's goose is cooked and he stoked a few logs into the fire

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. [File, Standard]

It appears his goose is cooked, to use the English expression about the inevitability of a phenomenon. I am talking about Rigathi Gachagua aka Riggy G and the impending attempt at his impeachment.

Since Riggy G is a student of literature, he will understand when we say his political eclipsing, if not capitulation, is non-tragic. As our Swahili ancestors warned: msiba wa kujitakia hauna kilio. It means it's self-inflicted harm does not elicit sympathy.

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