Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was on Tuesday, December 20, crowned as the Mt Kenya political kingpin.
This was after Gachagua had won the August 9, presidential election as the deputy president.
Further, the former Mathira MP has been crowned the king of the mountain after he pledged to unite the huge voting bloc that had split in the run-up to the August 9, presidential election.
However, the businessman-cum politician said he was ashamed of not only being the Mt Kenya kingpin but also the second in command.
The outspoken politician said he would rather not be an Mt Kenya kingpin and a deputy president if his daily duties will be about begging for his people.
“Currently, there is no fun or glory in leading poor and disillusioned people,” DP Gachagua said.
Gachagua who was appearing on Inoro TV on Sunday, January 8, revealed that the deputy president seat had reduced him to a beggar.
He said the shame is so disturbing to a point that he finds no meaning in pursuing the position of Mt Kenya kingpin as the Mt Kenya community does not hold beggars in high esteem.
“I hate begging…a beggar in my community is loathed… I’m ashamed being a begging deputy President who is extending a bowl to white people (European) seeking relief food,” Gachagua lamented.
Gachagua who spent the better part of his last week at sacred Mt Kenya praying to God further defended his move to pray while facing the mountain.
He revealed that he made the special prayers facing Kenya’s tallest mountain because he was seeking redemption from the shame of begging brought about by the disillusioned people.
“To a point, I went to Mt Kenya where our god resides to seek redemption from the shame of begging,” he added.
