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Friday August 18, 2023 –Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is expected to address the Devolution Conference today Friday August 18 in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.
Gachagua is expected to close the three-day conference after fellow leaders had their chance throughout the week in an event that was officially opened by his boss, President William Samoei Ruto.
Pundits predict that Gachagua will use most of the opportunity to respond to Raila Odinga’s sentiments on the United State of America U.S.A. Ambassador Meg Whitman.
Gachagua will consume his time trying to talk about their August 9 victory with William Ruto and how they beat Azimio in the last general elections.
This being his signature way of doing things anytime he is handed a microphone, the DP will seemingly focus much, not on devolution, but on Raila Odinga who addressed the delegates yesterday Thursday August 18.
The reason Gachagua will veer off the rail, political pundits say, is because the former Prime Minister had a heavy-worded response to Ambasador Whitman.
“Tell the rogue ambassador Kenya is not the United States. Kenya is not a colony of the United States. Keep your mouth while you are here. Otherwise, we will call for your recall back to your country,” Raila said amid cheers from a section of the participants.
This response did not augur well with part of Kenya Kwanza-allied politicians who claimed that Odinga’s response undermined the American diplomat.
Led by Governor Susan Kihika, they stated that whatever Ms Whitman spoke on the last general election was pure truth.
“She represents and talks about Kenya more positively and patriotically than many Kenyans. Perhaps it is also time for us to tell him (Raila) to shut up,” Governor Kihika said.
Whitman who addressed the Conference on day one in the presence of President Ruto, said last year’s general election was the most transparent in the history of Kenya.
“I arrived in Kenya days before the general election, and what I witnessed was short of remarkable.
“The election was observed by local and international election organisations and the results were upheld by the Kenyan Supreme Court and power was transferred orderly and peacefully at the time,” the U.S diplomat added.
These remarks rattled Mr. Odinga who when given the microphone yesterday, responded back by calling out the ambassador.
Odinga asked the American official to learn to shut up or Kenyans could pile pressure on her boss President Joe Biden so that to recall her back to her country.
