DP Gachagua in Zanzibar to attend 60th Revolution anniversary

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has left the country to attend Zanzibar’s 60th Revolution celebrations.

The DP, in a statement on Friday, announced his visit to the Tanzanian archipelago island of Zanzibar saying he would be representing his boss, President William Ruto.

“I arrived in Zanzibar City to represent President @WilliamsRuto for the 60th Anniversary of the Zanzibar Revolution,” he wrote on his official X account.

Gachagua was accompanied by second Lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi, MPs Owen Baya (Kilifi North) Michael Muchira (Ol Jororok), Letipila Eli (Samburu North) and Rachel Nyamai (Kitui South).

Other MPs on the trip are Joseph Cherorot (Kipkelion East), Jane Njeri (Kirinyaga County MP) and Cynthia Muge (Nandi County MP).

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni have also landed for the celebrations.

Zanzibar is a partly self-governing state in Tanzania but it is not an independent country.

The archipelago was once the separate state of Zanzibar, which united with Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanzania.

It is however semi-autonomous within the union, with its own government.