Nairobi, April 1- The tensions between former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and President William Ruto show no signs of easing, with Gachagua launching a blistering attack on the Head of State through his X account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a veiled but pointed remark, Gachagua labeled Ruto a \u201cpathological liar\u201d after the president suggested in a recent interview that his removal was due to self-serving interests, ineffective leadership, and difficulties in working with other officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am now more convinced than ever that pathological lying is a mental disorder,\u201d Gachagua posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe biggest threat to our nation is the unchecked deception being fed to Kenyans, coupled with a leader\u2019s inability to align his team\u2019s falsehoods. I mourn for my country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His comments came after Ruto\u2019s televised interview on vernacular stations ahead of his Mt Kenya tour, during which he defended his decision to sideline Gachagua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ruto claimed that his former deputy had demanded Ksh.10 billion in exchange for political mobilization in the Mt Kenya region\u2014an ultimatum he refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was told, \u2018Give me Ksh.10 billion to organize the region, or you\u2019ll be a one-term president.\u2019 I declined. If serving only one term is my destiny, so be it,\u201d Ruto stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the political friction, Ruto dismissed concerns over tensions ahead of his visit, which begins today, emphasizing that his focus is on delivering progress updates to voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was elected by Kenyans, including those in Central Kenya. Starting tomorrow, the people will judge for themselves whether I have honored my promises,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nairobi, April 1- The tensions between former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and President William Ruto show no signs of easing, with Gachagua launching a blistering attack on the Head of State through his X account. In a veiled but pointed remark, Gachagua labeled Ruto a \u201cpathological liar\u201d after the president suggested in a recent interview that his removal was due to self-serving interests, ineffective leadership, and difficulties in working with other officials. \u201cI am now more convinced than ever that pathological lying is a mental disorder,\u201d Gachagua posted. \u201cThe biggest threat to our nation is the unchecked deception being fed to Kenyans, coupled with a leader\u2019s inability to align his team\u2019s falsehoods. I mourn for my country,\u201d he added. His comments came after Ruto\u2019s televised interview on vernacular stations ahead of his Mt Kenya tour, during which he defended his decision to sideline Gachagua. Ruto claimed that his former deputy had demanded Ksh.10 billion in exchange for political mobilization in the Mt Kenya region\u2014an ultimatum he refused. \u201cI was told, \u2018Give me Ksh.10 billion to organize the region, or you\u2019ll be a one-term president.\u2019 I declined. If serving only one term is my destiny, so be it,\u201d Ruto stated. Despite …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2959,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions\/2959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}