Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was in July 2021, charged with acquiring more than KSh 7.3 billion suspected to be proceeds of crime.
According to documents tabled in court by then, the former Mathira MP received the cash in his three bank accounts at Rafiki Micro-Finance Bank between 2013 and 2020.
However, in a report by the Daily Nation on Saturday, October 29, detectives at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sensationally claimed that they framed the deputy president.
In an explosive affidavit sworn by the superintendent of police Kuriah Obadiah, who is based at the DCI Headquarters, the officers were pushed to arrest and charge Gachagua with financial-related fraud.
“On April 15, 2020, the DCI received a letter from Financial Reporting Centre making allegations of criminal conduct against the accused person imputing embezzlement of funds from the National Irrigation Board and other entities,” Obadiah stated.
Obadiah who was the leader of the investigation team formed to pursue the politician said he was immensely pressurized by then DCI boss George Kinoti to ensure the deputy president is found guilty.
Gachagua had fallen out with Rtd President Uhuru Kenyatta due to his close association with William Ruto over the 2022 presidential election.
As such, Obadiah, who is the head of the Serious Crimes Section in his four-page affidavit, is seeking to withdraw DP Gachagua’s corruption case.
In most of his media interviews, the former Mathira MP downplayed concerns that were being raised over the corruption allegations facing.
He termed the claims a political witch-hunt arguing that he is being persecuted for not supporting the March 2018 ‘Handshake’ between President Uhuru Kenyatta and then-opposition chief Raila Odinga.
“Our government decided along the way to use our criminal justice system to stifle dissent and force people to follow what the president wants,
“When I was intimidated to support the handshake and I refused, the criminal justice system was used against me and everybody knows,” Gachagua said.
