Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has alleged that a former National Intelligence Officer who he hired after being sacked from the state agency was shot and injured while on his way to work at his Karen residence.
Speaking on Sunday in an interview with Agikuyu vernacular media stations, Gachagua claimed that an assassin was sent after the officer.
“A former NIS officer whom I hired in my office was followed by a motorcycle to my Karen home and was shot and injured in the shoulder but luckily he went to hospital and the bullet was removed,” he said.
He said that the person behind the attempted assassination has never been arrested and the case has never been investigated.
Additionally, he alleged that his phones had been tapped in a wider scheme to tame him politically.
“Every person who I have been calling, our phone conversations are tapped and recorded and then they would ask them what they wanted from me, and I am the Deputy President,” he said.
“They are trying to sell fear to someone who cannot even be intimidated.”
The DP said a section of government entities has been regularly used to instigate fear in him.
“They have been used to instigate fear in leaders so that they cannot speak the truth,” he added.
He further claimed that his political allies were also being targeted.
“Another individual they have gone after is Benjamin Gathiru who was stopped by around ten vehicles at Kenol and they took his phone. They also took James Gakuya’s phone,” he said.
The DP said he will not accept to be intimidated by anybody.
Last week, three of the DP’s close aides were grilled by the DCI over their alleged involvement in the recent protests.
Gachagua responded to this by saying the DCI, through the media, is also selling false narratives.
“They said that my officials were interrogated by the DCI. The truth is they were only asked three very minor questions.”
He urged the two government entities to stick to their work and avoid indulging in politics.
