Since he was appointed William Ruto’s presidential running-mate, Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua has been hitting headlines with his outrageous pronouncements.
No profession has been on the receiving end of his pronouncements more than the police service; from saying they need better pay to pursue degrees and get better jobs to suggesting their uniform belongs to the PCEA women guild.
His statements when he gets the microphone even led many saying every time he opens his mouth to speak, William Ruto loses thousands of presidential votes.
On Wednesday, June 15, during a campaign rally in Kiambu county, Rigathi was at it again, this time around saying police officers shall be escorting drunkards to their wives upon arrest when Ruto becomes president.
According to the Kenya Kwanza alliance presidential running mate, Ruto’s government will initiate reforms in the police service to match their American counterpart.
“Polisi akikutana na wewe kama umekunywa chupa moja mbili ya kutafuta usingizi. Akikuweka kwa Landcruiser asikupeleke police station. Akupeleke mpaka nyumbani kwa bibi yako.” Gachagua said.
Loosely translated to, “Our police officers will work as the American ones. If they find you drunk as an old man, they will not take you to a cell. They’ll put you in their land-rover and take you home to your wife,”
Gachagua a staunch critic of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration alleged that Kenya’s police personnel had been misused for a long time.
Plans by Gachagua regarding police uniforms angered the Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho, who said the uniform was there to stay.
“Uniforms are not just a matter of color. They signify certain doctrines that must be appreciated whenever a merger occurs.
“It is disrespectful for Rigathi Gachagua, who, being a former government administrator, knows too well the role of the Uniform Committee, to contemptuously dismiss the careful considerations that informed the new uniform,” Kibicho said on Kameme television.
