Gachagua Challenges DCI Boss To Investigate Ichung’wah & Murkomen’s Protest Claims

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has publicly challenged Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Amin Mohammed to obtain statements from Kikuyu Member of Parliament Kimani Ichung’wah and Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen regarding their recent claims about the June 25 demonstrations.

Speaking at a burial service in Nyandarua County on Tuesday, July 1, Gachagua questioned why Ichung’wah has yet to record a statement with the police after alleging that his parents were targeted during the protests. He criticized the National Assembly Majority Leader for seemingly seeking public empathy instead of formally reporting such a serious accusation to the authorities.

“I have seen the DCI speaking, the Kikuyu MP went to Parliament and claimed that he knew those who wanted to take the lives of his parents. Has he written a statement to the police?” Gachagua queried. “Someone wants to kill your parents, and you casually talk about it in parliament instead of going to the police station to report,” he added.

Accusations Against Murkomen and DCI

Gachagua extended his challenge to the DCI boss, urging him to also obtain a written statement from Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen regarding the alleged mobilizers of the June 25 demonstrations. Taking a swipe at Murkomen, the former DP accused him of making false accusations against the Kikuyu ethnic group by linking them to the recent protests.

He similarly criticized the DCI boss for his apparent reluctance to summon both Ichung’wah and Murkomen, given their claims of knowing the names of those who mobilized and perpetrated last week’s protests.

“Murkomen said that those who looted and burnt property in Nairobi were from Murang’a, Kirinyaga, and Nyeri. Do our people have a mark on the forehead to identify them as Mt Kenya region people?” Gachagua queried. “Why haven’t you recorded a statement from Murkomen to explain how he knew that these people are from the Mt Kenya region?”

Supremacy Battle in Mt Kenya

During the church service, Gachagua also took aim at President William Ruto, accusing him of attempting to isolate him from Mt Kenya voters, similar to how he allegedly treated former President Uhuru Kenyatta. Gachagua claimed that Ruto and his allies were bitter and resorting to state-sponsored violence to undermine the opposition. He urged the government to focus on investigating the recent protests rather than concentrating on opposition politics.

Challenging the Head of State to a supremacy battle for the Mt Kenya voters, Gachagua maintained that President Ruto had lost ground in the populous region and that there was nothing he could do to reclaim it. “You think you will threaten me. You impeached me and thought I could lose ground in Mt Kenya, can you dare come to look for votes in this region? You fell for lies by Kimani Ichung’wah, now you are vulnerable,” he commented.