Nairobi, September 7- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has met the young Kenyan who recently gained attention on social media for his striking resemblance to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two met in Washington, USA, where they exchanged a warm handshake, shared laughs and posed for photographs. Gachagua\u2019s wife, Pastor Dorcas, also joined the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man, popularly known online as \u201cRigathi Junior\u201d, appeared to embrace Gachagua\u2019s signature style. He wore a checkered shirt, a blue-and-yellow shuka and a wide-brimmed brown cowboy hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gachagua was similarly dressed in a dark jacket, patterned shirt, dark trousers and a black brimmed hat. He also had a checkered shuka over his shoulder and carried his traditional walking stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The young man first went viral on August 16 after a video showing his resemblance to Gachagua circulated online. Social media users were quick to point out similarities in their facial features, smiles and even their dental appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His choice of a cowboy hat, an accessory often associated with Gachagua during public appearances, further fuelled the comparisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting adds Gachagua to a growing list of Kenyan political figures whose look-alikes have attracted public attention. Former presidents Jomo Kenyatta, Uhuru Kenyatta and Mwai Kibaki have also had people gain popularity because of their resemblance to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nairobi, September 7- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has met the young Kenyan who recently gained attention on social media for his striking resemblance to him. The two met in Washington, USA, where they exchanged a warm handshake, shared laughs and posed for photographs. Gachagua\u2019s wife, Pastor Dorcas, also joined the moment. The man, popularly known online as \u201cRigathi Junior\u201d, appeared to embrace Gachagua\u2019s signature style. He wore a checkered shirt, a blue-and-yellow shuka and a wide-brimmed brown cowboy hat. Gachagua was similarly dressed in a dark jacket, patterned shirt, dark trousers and a black brimmed hat. He also had a checkered shuka over his shoulder and carried his traditional walking stick. The young man first went viral on August 16 after a video showing his resemblance to Gachagua circulated online. Social media users were quick to point out similarities in their facial features, smiles and even their dental appearance. His choice of a cowboy hat, an accessory often associated with Gachagua during public appearances, further fuelled the comparisons. The meeting adds Gachagua to a growing list of Kenyan political figures whose look-alikes have attracted public attention. Former presidents Jomo Kenyatta, Uhuru Kenyatta and Mwai Kibaki have also had people …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4130","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\/4130","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=4130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4133,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4130\/revisions\/4133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}