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'''Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua''' (born 28 February 1965) is a Kenyan politician who is serving as [[Deputy President of Kenya]] since 2022. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for [[Mathira Constituency]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/people/rigathi-gachagua-3815200 |title=ODINGA |work=[[Nation Media Group|The Nation]] |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref> between 2017 and 2022 as a member of the [[Jubilee Party]]. In the [[2022 Kenyan general election|2022 election]], [[William Ruto]] selected Gachagua as his running mate, and the two were elected with just over 50% of the vote.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-15 |title=Kenya election result: William Ruto wins presidential poll |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-62554210 |access-date=2022-09-09}}</ref>
He previously served in various junior roles in government, including assistant secretary<ref name="parliament.go.ke">{{Cite web |title=Hon. NDINDI NYORO, Rigathi {{!}} The Kenyan Parliament Website |url=http://www.parliament.go.ke/node/3226 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=www.parliament.go.ke}}</ref> in the Ministry of Home Affairs & National Heritage, personal assistant to the Head of the Public Service,<ref name="parliament.go.ke"/> personal assistant to Minister for Local Government [[Uhuru Kenyatta]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-16 |title=PROFILE: Rigathi Gachagua - Uhuru's one-time Personal Assistant, seeking to become DP |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/profile-rigathi-gachagua-n302230 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Citizen Digital |language=en-KE}}</ref> and a district officer.
== Early life and education ==
He was born in 1965 in [[Mathira Constituency|Hiriga]] village of [[Nyeri County]], being the eighth-born child of Nahashon Gachagua Reriani and Martha Kirigo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kenyanmoves.co.ke/rigathi-gachagua-family/ |title=Rigathi Gachagua family|work=Kenyan Moves |date=21 Sep 2022 |access-date=21 Sep 2022}}</ref> His parents were [[Mau Mau rebellion|Mau Mau]] freedom fighters in Mt.Kenya forest where his father serviced guns for the Mau Mau while his mother was a food and ammunition courier for the fighters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://finance-notes.com/rigathi-gachagua-biography-age-early-life-education-family-and-political-career/ |title=Rigathi Gachagua Biography: Age, Early Life, Education, Family and Political Career|work=Financial Notes Bulletin |date=15 May 2023 |access-date=15 May 2023}}</ref> He is the younger brother to the late [[Nderitu Gachagua]], the first governor of Nyeri County. <ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Menya |first=Walter |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/rigathi-gachagua-the-village-boy-a-step-away-from-becoming-kenya-s-dp-3816172 |title=Rigathi Gachagua: The village boy a step away from becoming Kenya's DP |work=[[Nation Media Group|The Nation]] |date=15 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
He enrolled at Kabiruini Primary School from 1971 to 1977 before proceeding to [[Kianyaga High School]] for his O-levels and A-levels. In 1985, he joined the [[University of Nairobi]], where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Literature in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://venasnews.co.ke/2022/05/14/rigathi-gachagua-biography/ |title=RIGATHI GACHAGUA|work=Venasnews.co.ke |date=15 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
At the [[University of Nairobi]], Gachagua was the Nyeri District University Students Association (NDUSA) leader as well as the chairman of the Association of Literature Students.<ref name="Kamau">{{cite web |last=Kamau |first=John |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/how-kanu-groomed-ruto-gachagua-bromance-3816744 |title=How Kanu groomed Ruto, Gachagua bromance |work=[[Nation Media Group|The Nation]] |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>
== Career ==
After graduating, Gachagua was employed for a short time at the Kenya's Ministry of Home Affairs & National Heritage before he joined the Administration Police Institute in 1990. After graduating from the Administration Police Institute, Gachagua was posted at the Office of President [[Daniel arap Moi]] as a District Officer Cadet between 1991 and 1992.<ref name="Kamau"/>
Gachagua then went on to serve as a District Officer in [[Kakamega County|Kakamega]], Ng'arua and [[Laikipia County|Laikipia]] districts. Between 1999 and 2000, he joined [[Kenya School of Government]] where he graduated with an Advanced Diploma in [[Public Administration]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kenya |first=Parliament |url=http://www.parliament.go.ke/node/3226 |title=Hon. Gachagua, Rigathi |work=[[Kenya National Assembly|The Kenya Parliament]] |date=15 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref> Between 2001 and 2006, Gachagua worked as the Personal Assistant to Uhuru Kenyatta.<ref>{{cite web |last=Muli |first=Francis |url=https://www.pd.co.ke/august-9/profiles-august-9/5-things-about-rigathi-gachagua-126988/ |title=5 little-known things about Rigathi Gachagua |work=www.pd.co.ke |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref>
Between 2007 and 2017, Gachagua remained behind the scenes running his businesses.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kinyanjui |first=Moses |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/rigathi-gachagua-from-office-administrator-to-dp-rutos-running-mate-n298263 |title=Rigathi Gachagua: From office administrator to DP Ruto's running mate|work=www.citizen.digital |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://yellowpageskenya.com/business-details/business/820183-ridor-group-of-companies |title=Ridor Group of Companies|work=[[Yellow pages|Yellow pages Kenya]] |access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>
== Political career ==
=== Member of Parliament ===
Gachagua was elected as a member of parliament for [[Mathira Constituency|Mathira constituency]] in the [[2017 Kenyan general election|2017 election]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Ng'etich |first=Jacob |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001445537/rigathi-gachagua-from-uhurus-personal-assistant-to-his-harshest-critic-after-political-tiff |title=Rigathi Gachagua: From Uhuru's personal assistant to his harshest critic after political tiff |work=[[The Standard (Kenya)|The Standard]] |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref>
Rigathi Gachagua is known for his outspoken, aggressive and sometimes abrasive style of politics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rigathi Gachagua: Aggresive, combative and forceful |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-05-15-rigathi-gachagua-aggresive-combative-and-forceful/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Star |language=en-KE}}</ref> His time as a legislator was characterized by championing issues that centered primarily on the needs of [[Mount Kenya]] residents; often he addressed issues by publicly putting the authority figures mandated to solve them to task. [[William Ruto]] would later cite this as one of the reasons Gachagua was chosen as his running mate saying, “Gachagua is a very passionate leader, a people's person. He speaks about ordinary people...”<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-12 |title=DP Ruto reveals why he picked MP Gachagua as running mate |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/dp-ruto-reveals-why-he-picked-mp-gachagua-as-running-mate-n299997 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Citizen Digital |language=en-KE}}</ref>
In 2017, Gachagua took on [[Keriako Tobiko]] as the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry. The Cabinet Secretary had raised the alarm regarding overexploitation of upstream water resources in the Mt. Kenya Region and directed the [[Kenya Forest Service]] to destroy illegal intakes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ombati |first=Cyrus |title=High number of water intakes in Mt Kenya forest worries CS Tobiko |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/central/article/2001292657/tobiko-warns-against-draining-mt-kenya-rivers |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref> Gachagua claimed that many of the intakes destroyed were legal and that this had occasioned a water crisis for thousands of people. He said, “I am calling for his [Tobiko's] sacking on the basis of incompetence; he is not able to appraise the situation. He did not do due diligence on the legality of the intakes and he failed in analysis of the humanitarian crisis arising from the situation.” <ref>{{Cite web |title=Rigathi Gachagua |url=https://www.facebook.com/rigathi.gachagua.5/posts/pfbid0LpLrRJESZBLMjXLRcdCkWEu3T5CNMmqgcSh9qQPjirRyLFCpRfVgpHB9fjfm5Pjxl |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, [[Simon Chelugui]], was drawn into the fray, meeting with Gachagua and other Mt Kenya legislators over the matter. He promised to have all intakes with necessary documentation restored.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-28 |title=Government put to task over 'legal' water intakes |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/government-put-to-task-over-legal-water-intakes-86370 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Nation |language=en}}</ref>
==== Legislation ====
In 2019, Gachagua sponsored an amendment bill to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report on the consideration of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill (N.A. Bills No. 36 of 2019) |url=http://www.parliament.go.ke/sites/default/files/2020-04/Tabled%20Report%20-%20Public%20Procurement%20and%20Asset%20Disposal%20%28Amendment%29%20Bill%20%28N.A.%20Bills%20No.%2036%20of%202019%29.pdf |website=The Kenyan Parliament}}</ref> He argued that Kenyan firms could not fairly compete and would be run out of the market by Chinese firms that were able to get loans at less than a sixth the interest rates.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Otieno |first=Rawlings |title=MP Rigathi: My beef with Chinese businessmen |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001300623/mp-rigathi-my-beef-with-chinese-businessmen |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref> He was also critical of the alleged market advantages the Chinese received when carrying out government business, he said "What is annoying us is that once they get a contract the materials coming for the construction is procured from China, and they import it duty free."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-22 |title=MP wants Chinese contracts limited to save Kenyan businesses |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/mp-rigathe-introduces-bill-to-limit-chinese-contracts-215840 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Citizen Digital |language=en-KE}}</ref> The amendment reserved government contracts under 1 billion shillings for local companies and proposed stiffer penalties for circumventing the local ownership requirements for larger contracts.<ref name=":1" /> The bill would eventually be turned down by the National Assembly's Finance and National Planning committee, citing limited local capacity to provide goods and services as the reason.<ref>{{Cite web |last=March 22, 2020 |first=Sunday |date=2020-09-19 |title=MPs reject locking out of foreign contractors |url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/mps-reject-locking-out-of-foreign-contractors-2284624 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Business Daily |language=en}}</ref>
=== Deputy president ===
On 15 May 2022, he was nominated as the running mate to the [[United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)|United Democratic Alliance]] presidential candidate Ruto under the [[Kenya Kwanza]] political coalition. Others who were eyeing the same position included [[Kirinyaga County|Kirinyaga]] Governor [[Anne Waiguru]], [[Kandara Constituency|Kandara]] MP [[Alice Muthoni Wahome]], [[Tharaka Nithi County|Tharaka Nithi]] Senator [[Kithure Kindiki|Kithure A. Kindiki]] and [[National Assembly]] Speaker [[Justin Muturi]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Asamba |first=Mercy |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-05-15-dp-ruto-picks-rigathi-gachagua-as-his-running-mate/ |title=DP Ruto picks Rigathi Gachagua as his running mate |work=[[The Star (Kenya)|The Star]] |date=15 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
Gachagua has a chequered past with pending court cases over alleged cases of misappropriation of government funds.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wainaina |first=Ndung'u |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001445518/rigathi-gachaguas-political-journey |title=Rigathi Gachagua's political journey |work=[[The Standard (Kenya)|The Standard]] |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref>
On 28 July 2022, a Kenyan court ordered Rigathi Gachagua to reimburse [[Kenyan shilling|KSh.]] 202 million (US$1.7 million), finding that the money was derived from corruption.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20220729-kenya-le-colistier-de-william-ruto-condamn%C3%A9-%C3%A0-rembourser-1-7-million-d-euros-%C3%A0-l-etat |title=Afrique Kenya: le colistier de William Ruto condamné à rembourser 1,7 million d'euros à l'Etat |work=[[Radio France International|RFI]] |date=29 July 2022 |access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref>
In November 2022, Rigathi Gachagua faced corruption charges in a $60 million case. These charges were eventually dropped.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thirouard |first=Albane |date=12 November 2022 |title=Kenya: abandon des charges contre le vice-président Rigathi Gachagua |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20221112-kenya-abandon-des-charges-contre-le-vice-pr%C3%A9sident-rigathi-gachagua |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=[[Radio France Internationale|RFI]] |language=fr}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Rigathi is married to Dorcas Wanjiku Rigathi,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-19 |title=Meet Rigathi Gachagua's Little Known Wife Who Is A Pastor|url=https://www.kdrtv.co.ke/politics/meet-rigathi-gachaguas-little-known-wife-who-is-a-pastor-photos/|access-date=2022-09-22 |website=KDR News |language=en}}</ref> a retired banker who is now a pastor in [[Nyeri|Mathira]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorcas Rigathi: From pulpit to Second Lady's office |url=https://www.kbc.co.ke/dorcas-rigathi-from-pulpit-to-second-ladys-office/ |access-date=18 August 2022 |website=KBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-16 |title=Gachagua: My vision as deputy president |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/gachagua-my-vision-as-deputy-president--3816912 |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Nation |language=en}}</ref>
They met at a joint university event that was graced by President Moi at the [[University of Nairobi]] in 1985. They got married in 1989 and have two sons, Kevin and Keith.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-19 |title=Meet Gachagua's son who topped 2010 KCSE, runs family business|url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-07-20-meet-gachaguas-son-who-topped-2010-kcse-runs-family-business/|access-date=2022-09-22 |website=The Star News |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links==
* [https://www.africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa-and-the-horn/2023/02/17/gachagua-s-political-crusade-against-liquor-trade,109914490-gra Gachagua's political crusade against liquor trade], Africa Intelligence, February 17, 2023 (requires free registration)
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'''Geoffrey Rigiji Gachagua/Honest Man''' (born 28 February 1965) is a Kenyan politician who is serving as [[Deputy President of Kenya]] since 2022. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for [[Mathira Constituency]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/people/rigathi-gachagua-3815200 |title=ODINGA |work=[[Nation Media Group|The Nation]] |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref> between 2017 and 2022 as a member of the [[Jubilee Party]]. In the [[2022 Kenyan general election|2022 election]], [[William Ruto]] selected Gachagua as his running mate, and the two were elected with just over 50% of the vote.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-15 |title=Kenya election result: William Ruto wins presidential poll |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-62554210 |access-date=2022-09-09}}</ref>
He previously served in various junior roles in government, including assistant secretary<ref name="parliament.go.ke">{{Cite web |title=Hon. NDINDI NYORO, Rigathi {{!}} The Kenyan Parliament Website |url=http://www.parliament.go.ke/node/3226 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=www.parliament.go.ke}}</ref> in the Ministry of Home Affairs & National Heritage, personal assistant to the Head of the Public Service,<ref name="parliament.go.ke"/> personal assistant to Minister for Local Government [[Uhuru Kenyatta]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-16 |title=PROFILE: Rigathi Gachagua - Uhuru's one-time Personal Assistant, seeking to become DP |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/profile-rigathi-gachagua-n302230 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Citizen Digital |language=en-KE}}</ref> and a district officer.
== Early life and education ==
He was born in 1965 in [[Mathira Constituency|Hiriga]] village of [[Nyeri County]], being the eighth-born child of Nahashon Gachagua Reriani and Martha Kirigo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kenyanmoves.co.ke/rigathi-gachagua-family/ |title=Rigathi Gachagua family|work=Kenyan Moves |date=21 Sep 2022 |access-date=21 Sep 2022}}</ref> His parents were [[Mau Mau rebellion|Mau Mau]] freedom fighters in Mt.Kenya forest where his father serviced guns for the Mau Mau while his mother was a food and ammunition courier for the fighters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://finance-notes.com/rigathi-gachagua-biography-age-early-life-education-family-and-political-career/ |title=Rigathi Gachagua Biography: Age, Early Life, Education, Family and Political Career|work=Financial Notes Bulletin |date=15 May 2023 |access-date=15 May 2023}}</ref> He is the younger brother to the late [[Nderitu Gachagua]], the first governor of Nyeri County. <ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Menya |first=Walter |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/rigathi-gachagua-the-village-boy-a-step-away-from-becoming-kenya-s-dp-3816172 |title=Rigathi Gachagua: The village boy a step away from becoming Kenya's DP |work=[[Nation Media Group|The Nation]] |date=15 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
He enrolled at Kabiruini Primary School from 1971 to 1977 before proceeding to [[Kianyaga High School]] for his O-levels and A-levels. In 1985, he joined the [[University of Nairobi]], where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Literature in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://venasnews.co.ke/2022/05/14/rigathi-gachagua-biography/ |title=RIGATHI GACHAGUA|work=Venasnews.co.ke |date=15 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
At the [[University of Nairobi]], Gachagua was the Nyeri District University Students Association (NDUSA) leader as well as the chairman of the Association of Literature Students.<ref name="Kamau">{{cite web |last=Kamau |first=John |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/how-kanu-groomed-ruto-gachagua-bromance-3816744 |title=How Kanu groomed Ruto, Gachagua bromance |work=[[Nation Media Group|The Nation]] |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>
== Career ==
After graduating, Gachagua was employed for a short time at the Kenya's Ministry of Home Affairs & National Heritage before he joined the Administration Police Institute in 1990. After graduating from the Administration Police Institute, Gachagua was posted at the Office of President [[Daniel arap Moi]] as a District Officer Cadet between 1991 and 1992.<ref name="Kamau"/>
Gachagua then went on to serve as a District Officer in [[Kakamega County|Kakamega]], Ng'arua and [[Laikipia County|Laikipia]] districts. Between 1999 and 2000, he joined [[Kenya School of Government]] where he graduated with an Advanced Diploma in [[Public Administration]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kenya |first=Parliament |url=http://www.parliament.go.ke/node/3226 |title=Hon. Gachagua, Rigathi |work=[[Kenya National Assembly|The Kenya Parliament]] |date=15 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref> Between 2001 and 2006, Gachagua worked as the Personal Assistant to Uhuru Kenyatta.<ref>{{cite web |last=Muli |first=Francis |url=https://www.pd.co.ke/august-9/profiles-august-9/5-things-about-rigathi-gachagua-126988/ |title=5 little-known things about Rigathi Gachagua |work=www.pd.co.ke |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref>
Between 2007 and 2017, Gachagua remained behind the scenes running his businesses.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kinyanjui |first=Moses |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/rigathi-gachagua-from-office-administrator-to-dp-rutos-running-mate-n298263 |title=Rigathi Gachagua: From office administrator to DP Ruto's running mate|work=www.citizen.digital |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://yellowpageskenya.com/business-details/business/820183-ridor-group-of-companies |title=Ridor Group of Companies|work=[[Yellow pages|Yellow pages Kenya]] |access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>
== Political career ==
=== Member of Parliament ===
Gachagua was elected as a member of parliament for [[Mathira Constituency|Mathira constituency]] in the [[2017 Kenyan general election|2017 election]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Ng'etich |first=Jacob |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001445537/rigathi-gachagua-from-uhurus-personal-assistant-to-his-harshest-critic-after-political-tiff |title=Rigathi Gachagua: From Uhuru's personal assistant to his harshest critic after political tiff |work=[[The Standard (Kenya)|The Standard]] |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref>
Rigathi Gachagua is known for his outspoken, aggressive and sometimes abrasive style of politics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rigathi Gachagua: Aggresive, combative and forceful |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-05-15-rigathi-gachagua-aggresive-combative-and-forceful/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Star |language=en-KE}}</ref> His time as a legislator was characterized by championing issues that centered primarily on the needs of [[Mount Kenya]] residents; often he addressed issues by publicly putting the authority figures mandated to solve them to task. [[William Ruto]] would later cite this as one of the reasons Gachagua was chosen as his running mate saying, “Gachagua is a very passionate leader, a people's person. He speaks about ordinary people...”<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-12 |title=DP Ruto reveals why he picked MP Gachagua as running mate |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/dp-ruto-reveals-why-he-picked-mp-gachagua-as-running-mate-n299997 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Citizen Digital |language=en-KE}}</ref>
In 2017, Gachagua took on [[Keriako Tobiko]] as the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry. The Cabinet Secretary had raised the alarm regarding overexploitation of upstream water resources in the Mt. Kenya Region and directed the [[Kenya Forest Service]] to destroy illegal intakes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ombati |first=Cyrus |title=High number of water intakes in Mt Kenya forest worries CS Tobiko |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/central/article/2001292657/tobiko-warns-against-draining-mt-kenya-rivers |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref> Gachagua claimed that many of the intakes destroyed were legal and that this had occasioned a water crisis for thousands of people. He said, “I am calling for his [Tobiko's] sacking on the basis of incompetence; he is not able to appraise the situation. He did not do due diligence on the legality of the intakes and he failed in analysis of the humanitarian crisis arising from the situation.” <ref>{{Cite web |title=Rigathi Gachagua |url=https://www.facebook.com/rigathi.gachagua.5/posts/pfbid0LpLrRJESZBLMjXLRcdCkWEu3T5CNMmqgcSh9qQPjirRyLFCpRfVgpHB9fjfm5Pjxl |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, [[Simon Chelugui]], was drawn into the fray, meeting with Gachagua and other Mt Kenya legislators over the matter. He promised to have all intakes with necessary documentation restored.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-28 |title=Government put to task over 'legal' water intakes |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/government-put-to-task-over-legal-water-intakes-86370 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Nation |language=en}}</ref>
==== Legislation ====
In 2019, Gachagua sponsored an amendment bill to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report on the consideration of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill (N.A. Bills No. 36 of 2019) |url=http://www.parliament.go.ke/sites/default/files/2020-04/Tabled%20Report%20-%20Public%20Procurement%20and%20Asset%20Disposal%20%28Amendment%29%20Bill%20%28N.A.%20Bills%20No.%2036%20of%202019%29.pdf |website=The Kenyan Parliament}}</ref> He argued that Kenyan firms could not fairly compete and would be run out of the market by Chinese firms that were able to get loans at less than a sixth the interest rates.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Otieno |first=Rawlings |title=MP Rigathi: My beef with Chinese businessmen |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001300623/mp-rigathi-my-beef-with-chinese-businessmen |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref> He was also critical of the alleged market advantages the Chinese received when carrying out government business, he said "What is annoying us is that once they get a contract the materials coming for the construction is procured from China, and they import it duty free."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-22 |title=MP wants Chinese contracts limited to save Kenyan businesses |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/mp-rigathe-introduces-bill-to-limit-chinese-contracts-215840 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Citizen Digital |language=en-KE}}</ref> The amendment reserved government contracts under 1 billion shillings for local companies and proposed stiffer penalties for circumventing the local ownership requirements for larger contracts.<ref name=":1" /> The bill would eventually be turned down by the National Assembly's Finance and National Planning committee, citing limited local capacity to provide goods and services as the reason.<ref>{{Cite web |last=March 22, 2020 |first=Sunday |date=2020-09-19 |title=MPs reject locking out of foreign contractors |url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/mps-reject-locking-out-of-foreign-contractors-2284624 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Business Daily |language=en}}</ref>
=== Deputy president ===
On 15 May 2022, he was nominated as the running mate to the [[United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)|United Democratic Alliance]] presidential candidate Ruto under the [[Kenya Kwanza]] political coalition. Others who were eyeing the same position included [[Kirinyaga County|Kirinyaga]] Governor [[Anne Waiguru]], [[Kandara Constituency|Kandara]] MP [[Alice Muthoni Wahome]], [[Tharaka Nithi County|Tharaka Nithi]] Senator [[Kithure Kindiki|Kithure A. Kindiki]] and [[National Assembly]] Speaker [[Justin Muturi]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Asamba |first=Mercy |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-05-15-dp-ruto-picks-rigathi-gachagua-as-his-running-mate/ |title=DP Ruto picks Rigathi Gachagua as his running mate |work=[[The Star (Kenya)|The Star]] |date=15 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
Gachagua has a chequered past with pending court cases over alleged cases of misappropriation of government funds.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wainaina |first=Ndung'u |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001445518/rigathi-gachaguas-political-journey |title=Rigathi Gachagua's political journey |work=[[The Standard (Kenya)|The Standard]] |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref>
On 28 July 2022, a Kenyan court ordered Rigathi Gachagua to reimburse [[Kenyan shilling|KSh.]] 202 million (US$1.7 million), finding that the money was derived from corruption.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20220729-kenya-le-colistier-de-william-ruto-condamn%C3%A9-%C3%A0-rembourser-1-7-million-d-euros-%C3%A0-l-etat |title=Afrique Kenya: le colistier de William Ruto condamné à rembourser 1,7 million d'euros à l'Etat |work=[[Radio France International|RFI]] |date=29 July 2022 |access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref>
In November 2022, Rigathi Gachagua faced corruption charges in a $60 million case. These charges were eventually dropped.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thirouard |first=Albane |date=12 November 2022 |title=Kenya: abandon des charges contre le vice-président Rigathi Gachagua |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20221112-kenya-abandon-des-charges-contre-le-vice-pr%C3%A9sident-rigathi-gachagua |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=[[Radio France Internationale|RFI]] |language=fr}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Rigathi is married to Dorcas Wanjiku Rigathi,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-19 |title=Meet Rigathi Gachagua's Little Known Wife Who Is A Pastor|url=https://www.kdrtv.co.ke/politics/meet-rigathi-gachaguas-little-known-wife-who-is-a-pastor-photos/|access-date=2022-09-22 |website=KDR News |language=en}}</ref> a retired banker who is now a pastor in [[Nyeri|Mathira]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorcas Rigathi: From pulpit to Second Lady's office |url=https://www.kbc.co.ke/dorcas-rigathi-from-pulpit-to-second-ladys-office/ |access-date=18 August 2022 |website=KBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-16 |title=Gachagua: My vision as deputy president |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/gachagua-my-vision-as-deputy-president--3816912 |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Nation |language=en}}</ref>
They met at a joint university event that was graced by President Moi at the [[University of Nairobi]] in 1985. They got married in 1989 and have two sons, Kevin and Keith.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-19 |title=Meet Gachagua's son who topped 2010 KCSE, runs family business|url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-07-20-meet-gachaguas-son-who-topped-2010-kcse-runs-family-business/|access-date=2022-09-22 |website=The Star News |language=en}}</ref>
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+'''Geoffrey Rigiji Gachagua/Honest Man''' (born 28 February 1965) is a Kenyan politician who is serving as [[Deputy President of Kenya]] since 2022. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for [[Mathira Constituency]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/people/rigathi-gachagua-3815200 |title=ODINGA |work=[[Nation Media Group|The Nation]] |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref> between 2017 and 2022 as a member of the [[Jubilee Party]]. In the [[2022 Kenyan general election|2022 election]], [[William Ruto]] selected Gachagua as his running mate, and the two were elected with just over 50% of the vote.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-15 |title=Kenya election result: William Ruto wins presidential poll |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-62554210 |access-date=2022-09-09}}</ref>
He previously served in various junior roles in government, including assistant secretary<ref name="parliament.go.ke">{{Cite web |title=Hon. NDINDI NYORO, Rigathi {{!}} The Kenyan Parliament Website |url=http://www.parliament.go.ke/node/3226 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=www.parliament.go.ke}}</ref> in the Ministry of Home Affairs & National Heritage, personal assistant to the Head of the Public Service,<ref name="parliament.go.ke"/> personal assistant to Minister for Local Government [[Uhuru Kenyatta]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-16 |title=PROFILE: Rigathi Gachagua - Uhuru's one-time Personal Assistant, seeking to become DP |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/profile-rigathi-gachagua-n302230 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Citizen Digital |language=en-KE}}</ref> and a district officer.
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Parsed HTML source of the new revision (new_html) | '<div class="mw-parser-output"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Acting Deputy President of Kenya Kwanza since 2022</div>
<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Rigiji Gachagua(May Mau Son)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Error mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/enwiki//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=Gachagua_-_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="new" title="File:Gachagua - 2023 (cropped).jpg"><span class="mw-file-element mw-broken-media">File:Gachagua - 2023 (cropped).jpg</span></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Gachagua in 2023</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066479718"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">12th <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Deputy_President_of_Kenya" title="Deputy President of Kenya">Deputy President of Kenya</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div style="width:100%; margin:0; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />13 September 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066479718"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/William_Ruto" title="William Ruto">William Ruto</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">William Ruto</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066479718"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Assembly_(Kenya)" title="National Assembly (Kenya)">Kenyan Parliament</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />31 August 2017 – 8 September 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066479718"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Peter Weru Kinyua</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mathira_Constituency" title="Mathira Constituency">Mathira</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1965-02-28</span>) </span>28 February 1965<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 58)</span><br /><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nyeri_County" title="Nyeri County">Hiriga</a>, Kenya</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_Democratic_Alliance_(Kenya)" title="United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)">UDA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kenya_Kwanza" title="Kenya Kwanza">Kenya Kwanza</a> (2022–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style>
<div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Dorcas Wanjiku</div> <div style="display:inline-block;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1965)<wbr />​</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Nairobi" title="University of Nairobi">University of Nairobi</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kenya_School_of_Government" title="Kenya School of Government">Kenya School of Government</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Advanced_Diploma" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Diploma">Advanced Diploma</a> in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Public_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Administration">Public Administration</a>)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li>Politician</li><li>Administrator</li><li>Businessman</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://deputypresident.go.ke/">deputypresident<wbr />.go<wbr />.ke</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right; font-size: 95%"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Geoffrey Rigiji Gachagua/Honest Man</b> (born 28 February 1965) is a Kenyan politician who is serving as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Deputy_President_of_Kenya" title="Deputy President of Kenya">Deputy President of Kenya</a> since 2022. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mathira_Constituency" title="Mathira Constituency">Mathira Constituency</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> between 2017 and 2022 as a member of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jubilee_Party" title="Jubilee Party">Jubilee Party</a>. In the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2022_Kenyan_general_election" title="2022 Kenyan general election">2022 election</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/William_Ruto" title="William Ruto">William Ruto</a> selected Gachagua as his running mate, and the two were elected with just over 50% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
</p><p>He previously served in various junior roles in government, including assistant secretary<sup id="cite_ref-parliament.go.ke_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliament.go.ke-4">[4]</a></sup> in the Ministry of Home Affairs & National Heritage, personal assistant to the Head of the Public Service,<sup id="cite_ref-parliament.go.ke_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliament.go.ke-4">[4]</a></sup> personal assistant to Minister for Local Government <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uhuru_Kenyatta" title="Uhuru Kenyatta">Uhuru Kenyatta</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> and a district officer.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</span></h2>
<p>He was born in 1965 in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mathira_Constituency" title="Mathira Constituency">Hiriga</a> village of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nyeri_County" title="Nyeri County">Nyeri County</a>, being the eighth-born child of Nahashon Gachagua Reriani and Martha Kirigo.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> His parents were <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mau_Mau_rebellion" title="Mau Mau rebellion">Mau Mau</a> freedom fighters in Mt.Kenya forest where his father serviced guns for the Mau Mau while his mother was a food and ammunition courier for the fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> He is the younger brother to the late <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nderitu_Gachagua" title="Nderitu Gachagua">Nderitu Gachagua</a>, the first governor of Nyeri County. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2">[2]</a></sup>
</p><p>He enrolled at Kabiruini Primary School from 1971 to 1977 before proceeding to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kianyaga_High_School" title="Kianyaga High School">Kianyaga High School</a> for his O-levels and A-levels. In 1985, he joined the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Nairobi" title="University of Nairobi">University of Nairobi</a>, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Literature in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup>
</p><p>At the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Nairobi" title="University of Nairobi">University of Nairobi</a>, Gachagua was the Nyeri District University Students Association (NDUSA) leader as well as the chairman of the Association of Literature Students.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamau_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamau-9">[9]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<p>After graduating, Gachagua was employed for a short time at the Kenya's Ministry of Home Affairs & National Heritage before he joined the Administration Police Institute in 1990. After graduating from the Administration Police Institute, Gachagua was posted at the Office of President <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Daniel_arap_Moi" title="Daniel arap Moi">Daniel arap Moi</a> as a District Officer Cadet between 1991 and 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamau_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamau-9">[9]</a></sup>
</p><p>Gachagua then went on to serve as a District Officer in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kakamega_County" title="Kakamega County">Kakamega</a>, Ng'arua and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Laikipia_County" title="Laikipia County">Laikipia</a> districts. Between 1999 and 2000, he joined <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kenya_School_of_Government" title="Kenya School of Government">Kenya School of Government</a> where he graduated with an Advanced Diploma in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Public_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Administration">Public Administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> Between 2001 and 2006, Gachagua worked as the Personal Assistant to Uhuru Kenyatta.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup>
</p><p>Between 2007 and 2017, Gachagua remained behind the scenes running his businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_career">Political career</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</span></h3>
<p>Gachagua was elected as a member of parliament for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mathira_Constituency" title="Mathira Constituency">Mathira constituency</a> in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2017_Kenyan_general_election" title="2017 Kenyan general election">2017 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup>
</p><p>Rigathi Gachagua is known for his outspoken, aggressive and sometimes abrasive style of politics.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> His time as a legislator was characterized by championing issues that centered primarily on the needs of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mount_Kenya" title="Mount Kenya">Mount Kenya</a> residents; often he addressed issues by publicly putting the authority figures mandated to solve them to task. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/William_Ruto" title="William Ruto">William Ruto</a> would later cite this as one of the reasons Gachagua was chosen as his running mate saying, “Gachagua is a very passionate leader, a people's person. He speaks about ordinary people...”<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 2017, Gachagua took on <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Keriako_Tobiko" title="Keriako Tobiko">Keriako Tobiko</a> as the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry. The Cabinet Secretary had  raised the alarm regarding overexploitation of upstream water resources in the Mt. Kenya Region and directed the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kenya_Forest_Service" title="Kenya Forest Service">Kenya Forest Service</a> to destroy illegal intakes.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> Gachagua claimed that many of the intakes destroyed were legal and that this had occasioned a water crisis for thousands of people. He said, “I am calling for his [Tobiko's] sacking on the basis of incompetence; he is not able to appraise the situation. He did not do due diligence on the legality of the intakes and he failed in analysis of the humanitarian crisis arising from the situation.” <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup>
</p><p>The Minister of Water and Sanitation, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Simon_Chelugui" title="Simon Chelugui">Simon Chelugui</a>, was drawn into the fray, meeting with Gachagua and other Mt Kenya legislators over the matter. He promised to have all intakes with necessary documentation restored.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Legislation">Legislation</span></h4>
<p>In 2019, Gachagua sponsored an amendment bill to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup> He argued that Kenyan firms could not fairly compete and would be run out of the market by Chinese firms that were able to get loans at less than a sixth the interest rates.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21">[21]</a></sup> He was also critical of the alleged market advantages the Chinese received when carrying out government business, he said "What is annoying us is that once they get a contract the materials coming for the construction is procured from China, and they import it duty free."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> The amendment reserved government contracts under 1 billion shillings for local companies and proposed stiffer penalties for circumventing the local ownership requirements for larger contracts.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21">[21]</a></sup> The bill would eventually be turned down by the National Assembly's Finance and National Planning committee, citing limited local capacity to provide goods and services as the reason.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Deputy_president">Deputy president</span></h3>
<p>On 15 May 2022, he was nominated as the running mate to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_Democratic_Alliance_(Kenya)" title="United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)">United Democratic Alliance</a> presidential candidate Ruto under the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kenya_Kwanza" title="Kenya Kwanza">Kenya Kwanza</a> political coalition. Others who were eyeing the same position included <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kirinyaga_County" title="Kirinyaga County">Kirinyaga</a> Governor <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anne_Waiguru" title="Anne Waiguru">Anne Waiguru</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kandara_Constituency" title="Kandara Constituency">Kandara</a> MP <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alice_Muthoni_Wahome" class="mw-redirect" title="Alice Muthoni Wahome">Alice Muthoni Wahome</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tharaka_Nithi_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Tharaka Nithi County">Tharaka Nithi</a> Senator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kithure_Kindiki" title="Kithure Kindiki">Kithure A. Kindiki</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Assembly" title="National Assembly">National Assembly</a> Speaker <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Justin_Muturi" title="Justin Muturi">Justin Muturi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup>
</p><p>Gachagua has a chequered past with pending court cases over alleged cases of misappropriation of government funds.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup>
</p><p>On 28 July 2022, a Kenyan court ordered Rigathi Gachagua to reimburse <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kenyan_shilling" title="Kenyan shilling">KSh.</a> 202 million (US$1.7 million), finding that the money was derived from corruption.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2022, Rigathi Gachagua faced corruption charges in a $60 million case. These charges were eventually dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span></h2>
<p>Rigathi is married to Dorcas Wanjiku Rigathi,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup> a retired banker who is now a pastor in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nyeri" title="Nyeri">Mathira</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup>
</p><p>They met at a joint university event that was graced by President Moi at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Nairobi" title="University of Nairobi">University of Nairobi</a> in 1985. They got married in 1989 and have two sons, Kevin and Keith.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h2>
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<li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFThirouard2022" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Thirouard, Albane (12 November 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20221112-kenya-abandon-des-charges-contre-le-vice-pr%C3%A9sident-rigathi-gachagua">"Kenya: abandon des charges contre le vice-président Rigathi Gachagua"</a>. <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Radio_France_Internationale" title="Radio France Internationale">RFI</a></i> (in French)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 November</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=RFI&rft.atitle=Kenya%3A+abandon+des+charges+contre+le+vice-pr%C3%A9sident+Rigathi+Gachagua&rft.date=2022-11-12&rft.aulast=Thirouard&rft.aufirst=Albane&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rfi.fr%2Ffr%2Fafrique%2F20221112-kenya-abandon-des-charges-contre-le-vice-pr%25C3%25A9sident-rigathi-gachagua&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARigathi+Gachagua" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kdrtv.co.ke/politics/meet-rigathi-gachaguas-little-known-wife-who-is-a-pastor-photos/">"Meet Rigathi Gachagua's Little Known Wife Who Is A Pastor"</a>. <i>KDR News</i>. 2022-09-19<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-09-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=KDR+News&rft.atitle=Meet+Rigathi+Gachagua%27s+Little+Known+Wife+Who+Is+A+Pastor&rft.date=2022-09-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kdrtv.co.ke%2Fpolitics%2Fmeet-rigathi-gachaguas-little-known-wife-who-is-a-pastor-photos%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARigathi+Gachagua" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa-and-the-horn/2023/02/17/gachagua-s-political-crusade-against-liquor-trade,109914490-gra">Gachagua's political crusade against liquor trade</a>, Africa Intelligence, February 17, 2023 (requires free registration)</li></ul>
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<td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Peter Weru Kinyua</div>
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<td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_Democratic_Alliance_(Kenya)" title="United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)">UDA</a> nominee for Deputy President of Kenya </b><br /><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2022_Kenyan_general_election" title="2022 Kenyan general election">2022</a>
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<td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kenya_Kwanza" title="Kenya Kwanza">Kenya Kwanza</a> nominee for Deputy President of Kenya </b><br />2022
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<td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Deputy_President_of_Kenya" title="Deputy President of Kenya">Deputy President of Kenya</a> </b><br />2022–present
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jaramogi_Oginga_Odinga" title="Jaramogi Oginga Odinga">Jaramogi Oginga Odinga</a>
<ul><li>1964−1965</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Joseph_Murumbi" title="Joseph Murumbi">Joseph Murumbi</a>
<ul><li>1965−1966</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Daniel_arap_Moi" title="Daniel arap Moi">Daniel arap Moi</a>
<ul><li>1967−1978</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mwai_Kibaki" title="Mwai Kibaki">Mwai Kibaki</a>
<ul><li>1978−1988</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Josephat_Karanja" title="Josephat Karanja">Josephat Karanja</a>
<ul><li>1988−1989</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/George_Saitoti" title="George Saitoti">George Saitoti</a>*
<ul><li>1989−1998</li>
<li>1999−2002</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Musalia_Mudavadi" title="Musalia Mudavadi">Musalia Mudavadi</a>
<ul><li>2002</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Michael_Kijana_Wamalwa" title="Michael Kijana Wamalwa">Michael Kijana Wamalwa</a>
<ul><li>2003</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Moody_Awori" title="Moody Awori">Moody Awori</a>
<ul><li>2003−2008</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kalonzo_Musyoka" title="Kalonzo Musyoka">Kalonzo Musyoka</a>
<ul><li>2008−2013</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/William_Ruto" title="William Ruto">William Ruto</a>†
<ul><li>2013−2022</li></ul></li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rigathi Gachagua</a>
<ul><li>2022–present</li></ul></li></ul>
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<ul><li>*post vacant 1998−1999, interrupting his term</li>
<li>†post renamed to <i>Deputy President</i> in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Constitution_of_Kenya" title="Constitution of Kenya">2010 Constitution of Kenya</a></li></ul>
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