Ako wapi sasa? Raila mocks Gachagua over "setting traps at State House"

At a political gathering in Vihiga on Sunday, Raila mocked Gachagua over sentiments he once made that he set traps at State House to give the opposition boss unfettered access to President William Ruto.

“Nimepanga hiyo Ikulu, nimeieweka mitego kila corner, kila corner…na niko na watu wakionekana tu karibu napigiwa simu kwa sababu huwezi kubali mtu ameharibu serikali nne aingie ya tano,” said Gachagua in a past address.

In his sneering rebuttal, Odinga said that Gachagua's traps have instead snapped him out of the House on the Hill, adding that he failed to play his political cards wisely.

"Nimeona juzi mtu mwengine anabweka kule ati tumeweka mitego kila mahali, huwezi kupenya. Mtego ya aina gani? Ati aliwekea baba mtego, eti hakuna mambo ya handshake, ya nusu mkate. Akowapi sasa Gachagua? Mjinga sana," said Odinga.

Gachagua's sentiments attracted ridicule from his political friends and foes, including President Ruto, forcing him to renege on the antagonism between him and Odinga.

Speaking to Kikuyu stations from his Karen home he said he removed the traps after noticing that his boss appeared to be reuniting with Odinga, a former political foe. 

"My boss and I had agreed we set up traps so that Raila does not join the government through the backdoor, I would check the traps every morning and evening," Gachagua said. 

"I would constantly check the traps to see whether they had captured anything."

Gachagua claimed that as soon as he saw Ruto appear to be enjoying a new-found union with Odinga, he slowed down and decided to observe from a distance. 

“My traps were working very well because even that time they decided to meet, they did so in Uganda as they watched Museveni's big horned cattle," he added.

Gachagua was impeached in October and Kithure Kindiki was appointed as his replacement.