"Amezeeka, Amechanganyikiwa": Rigathi Storms Kamba Nation With Anti-Raila Campaign Amid Talks

• Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua wants the Kamba electorate to dissociate from Azimio La Umoja leader Raila Odinga
• He suggested the former prime minister has been taking the voters for a ride to his selfish ends
• Rigathi dismissed the ongoing talks which Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and the National Assembly majority leader Kimani Ichung'wah are co-chairing

Machakos - In an apparent bid to rally the electorate from Ukambani behind the Kenya Kwanza regime, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has gone ballistic on Raila Odinga.

For a while, Raila's camaraderie with Kalonzo Musyoka has earned him support in the previous electoral cycles, with Rigathi now looking forward to reversing the political status quo there.

Raila is five-time loser

Speaking in Mwala, Machakos county, where he graced the burial of the area MP's mother, the deputy president restated that Raila had not contributed to the betterment of the Kamba regions whose people voted for him.

"You lost it, my people. How can you support someone who loses three times? It is akin to planting maize but does not yield. Why don't you change to beans? Or change the land you are cultivating?" he posed.

At the same time, Rigathi poured cold water on the bi-partisan talks between the government and the opposition.

Rigathi held that the talks are pointless and rather a waste of time.

He said the grounds on which the two sides resorted to meeting are not in the best interest of the commoners.

Rigathi: Raila was sorted in Mombasa

According to him, the engagements are a decoy of self-pleasing expedients advanced behind the scenes by Raila.

He said Raila was 'sorted' in Mombasa in an unpublicized meeting with the president.

The deputy president claimed that Raila approached Ruto for a share of government and ambassadorial posts, but all were in vain.

He revealed that Raila was instead offered an unmentioned amount of money on condition that he quits his anti-government politicking.

"There is nothing else he wants. He wanted a handshake and three ambassadorial posts, but we declined his demands. We told him if he wants some money then we can discuss," he said.

The deputy president spoke in Mwala, Machakos county, where he graced the burial of the area MP's mother.