Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has expressed regrets that the criminal justice system is again being used to manage the politics of the country.
Addressing a press conference from Mombasa, the DP recalled that the Kenya Kwanza administration promised that Kenyans would be free to criticise the government without fear of reprisal from state agencies.
“This was a promise that both the President and I made. We want to call the overzealous heads of security agencies not to be tempted to use the criminal justice system to manage politics. Let us manage politics the conventional way through reaching out, consensus and concurrence,” he stated.
Gachagua claimed that he has information that some MPs who voted NO have been targeted by security agencies for harassment.
“The President and I promised that never again will the criminal justice system be used to manage politics,” he reiterated.
He said they promised that abductions and extra-judicial killings would never happen again.
“Sadly, this is back. It is unbelievable that the son of the Attorney General of Kenya was abducted in a commando style by officers of the National Intelligence Service and held incommunicado for 18 hours,” he added.
“I want to ask our law enforcement agencies to dignify the President and I before Kenyans and not backtrack on the promises we made to the people.”
Gachagua claimed that the NIS was crafting lies and propaganda to attribute the chaos to leaders including him.
He pleaded with security agencies not to take Kenyans back to the dark days of the Nyayo era.
