Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who recently claimed there was an attempt to block him from attending a church service in Kahawa West, is now accusing the government of harassment and intimidation.
Gachagua has alleged that security agents in unmarked cars have been trailing him in both Nairobi and Nyeri.
On his social media platforms, Gachagua said, “They park at the entrance of my Nairobi residence, monitor all my visitors, and follow me whenever I leave, even on my way to my rural home in Nyeri.”
He also shared a specific incident involving a saloon car. According to Gachagua, the vehicle was parked outside his residence and followed him to the Presbyterian Church of East Africa in Kerarapon, continuing to tail him to a late lunch and back home.
“I noticed that a saloon car, parked at the entrance of my house last Sunday, followed me all the way to PCEA Kerarapon Church, then to where I had lunch, and back to my house!” he said.
Upon checking the car’s registration details on the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) portal, Gachagua discovered the number was linked to a lorry, not the saloon car that had been following him.
He expressed concern over what he sees as a return to intimidation tactics from the past, stating, “This kind of surveillance and harassment was last witnessed during the era of the feared ‘Special Branch’ under Moi’s 24-year rule.”
He also pointed to the growing cases of extrajudicial killings, abductions, and forced disappearances by state agents.
Gachagua urged Kenyans to hold the government accountable for his safety. “If anything happens to me, the state should be held responsible for the actions of its agents,” he warned.
In a final plea, he called for peace, asking the government to allow him to live quietly after his removal from office.
“I ask the state to leave me in peace! You forced me out of office, now let me live as a private citizen,” Gachagua concluded.
