Deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has claimed that an ex-NIS official he hired to work for him was trailed and shot by hired assassins.
In an interview with kikuyu vernacular stations, the DP stated that the NIS officer had been dismissed from the National Intelligence Services (NIS), and he took him in to help with the fight against illicit brew.
The DP further narrated saying that people who were keen to intimidate him trailed the officer and shot him. The bullet missed the head and hit him on the shoulder.
“So that they can sell me fear, as that officer was leaving his home in Kileleshwa, someone on a motorbike shot at him but the bullet missed his head and landed on his shoulder. He visited a Nairobi Hospital for one week where the bullet was removed,” said DP.
He further noted that the assassin has never been arrested.
The DP further claimed that some state entities, particularly the NIS and DCI are being used to fight and intimidate him.
During the same interview the Deputy President alleged that his phone calls and those of his close associates were being intercepted.
“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 further stated.
The DP has before accused NIS Director Noordin Hajji of complacency and providing misleading information to President William Ruto, especially during the countrywide protests against the unpopular Finance Bill 2024.
