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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has issued a scathing political indictment against President William Ruto’s administration, accusing the executive of normalizing state-backed criminal elements to suppress political opposition and stifle public dissent.
Critiquing the government’s security apparatus, Gachagua suggested that Kenya’s international peacekeeping deployment to Haiti served an undisclosed domestic purpose.
He claimed that the police mission to Port-au-Prince was essentially a benchmarking expedition to learn how law enforcement agencies can operate alongside criminal gangs.
According to the opposition leader, the deployment introduced tactics that have since been integrated into local security operations to target dissenting voices and maintain political control.
Gachagua alleged that rogue police units now collaborate directly with organized goons to unleash violence against innocent citizens and disrupt political gatherings.
He cited recent instances of state-sponsored disruption during public rallies, asserting that criminal elements act with total impunity while wearing political branding or hiding behind official security structures.
The former second-in-command framed the trend as an operational module adopted by a cornered administration struggling to maintain public legitimacy amid economic hardships.
The opposition’s fiery broadside targets the core of the administration’s flagship foreign policy victory—the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti—and turns it into a sharp weapon of domestic critique.
By directly associating official security agencies with informal gangs, Gachagua seeks to damage the government’s credibility on human rights and law enforcement integrity ahead of upcoming political contests.
Government spokespersons and security chiefs have routinely dismissed the allegations, maintaining that police actions strictly follow constitutional standards and that the state remains committed to dismantling criminal networks across the nation.
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