Gachagua claims police officers were paid to assassinate him, Matiang'i and Kalonzo

Speaking at his Wamunyoro home during a meeting with leaders from Murang'a County, Gachagua alleged that the officers were behind the alleged assassination plot, saying he received the information from police officers stationed at Kikuyu Police Station.

He also accused Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin of protecting the officers and failing to take action against them even after several attempts had been made to investigate them.

"They have told me that there are two police officers who killed  Kyalo Mbobu because of land. Recently, they also killed Dr. Victoria Mutiso over the same issue. Those two police officers are from the same tribe as Ruto and Murkomen," Gachagua claimed.

Gachagua further alleged that the officers had been deployed to eliminate him, Matiang'i and Kalonzo during the Kikuyu rally.

"The day we were attacked with Kalonzo and Matiang'i, these two police officers from Kikuyu Police Station were the ones paid to kill me, Matiang’i and Kalonzo. In Kikuyu Police Station is where they killed that lawyer and killed this doctor Victoria Mutiso," he alleged.

The former Deputy President also claimed that the National Police Service (NPS) had become ethnically skewed, alleging that key police positions, particularly in Nairobi, are occupied by officers from President William Ruto's community.

“The police service has been ethnicised; you have seen Nairobi OCS, OC Crime almost all, OCPD all are from Ruto’s tribe and are the ones used and work with goons,” he opined.

He accused Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen of using the police service for political interests and claimed some officers had complained of being forced to work with criminal gangs.