NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 25 — Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has launched a scathing attack on former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over claims that his life is in danger, dismissing the allegations as attention-seeking tactics and condemning what he described as the ethnic profiling of senior security officers.

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Speaking on Thursday after the largely peaceful June 25 Gen Z anniversary demonstrations, Murkomen accused Gachagua of repeatedly turning major national events into personal political grievances and using tribal narratives to advance his political agenda.

“Every public issue of great interest, he likes making it all about him. He is a clout chaser,” Murkomen said.

The Interior CS was responding to claims made by Gachagua on Wednesday evening alleging that a special police unit code-named “Nairobi Sierra” had been deployed to target him and his allies.

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In a statement, Gachagua alleged that the squad, which he described as rogue officers, had previously attempted to attack a church gathering in Nyeri County and had now been redeployed to coordinate attacks in the Mt Kenya region.

He further claimed that senior government officials, including Murkomen and Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat, could be behind an alleged plot to assassinate him.

Murkomen rejected the allegations outright, describing them as a continuation of what he called Gachagua’s long-standing pattern of making sensational claims without evidence.

“Even in the last administration he used to make similar allegations against senior government officials. Today he is very cosy with some of the same people he used to accuse.”

In some of his strongest remarks yet against the former deputy president, Murkomen said Gachagua’s persistent focus on ethnicity in national affairs had become damaging to public discourse and national unity.

“I find it very strange that a person who once held such a high public office continues with this tribal tirade,” he said.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya