Kuria says Gachagua funded 2023 raid of Uhuru's Northlands farm

Former President William Ruto’s senior economic advisor Moses Kuria has come out guns blazing to respond to claims made by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua during an interview in Boston, United States.

Gachagua, in the interview, alleged that Kuria and DP Kithure Kindiki paid goons – through former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga - to cause chaos during the recent spate of Gen Z-led anti-government protests.

According to the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader, the two Kenya Kwanza leaders are being used by President Ruto to cause disunity in the Central Kenya region, in a bid to presumably diminish his rising influence.

“I'm not insulting anyone but those people it seems that they gave their minds to Ruto. The recent violence was organised by Soprano (Kindiki) and Moses Kuria, the one who claimed he had resigned,” said Gachagua.

“If you saw the photo they took with him (Njenga) holding hands and laughing because they had planned all this. There's no job that he (Kuria) resigned from, he had been assigned to disrupt and separate the mountain. These people are being used Ruto to destroy their own people.”

Kuria, in a response posted on the X platform, did not deny the allegations, stating matter of factly that he is “guilt as charged,” adding that he learnt the political chess move from Gachagua himself.

According to the former Cabinet Secretary, he personally witnessed Gachagua paying Njenga and his people to raid retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Northlands farm in 2023, during the then opposition Azimio-led anti-government protests.

“Rigathi Gachagua has accused me during his tour of the US of funding and supporting Maina Njenga. I am guilty as charged. I learnt from the best. I was in the room when Rigathi paid the same people money to steal Uhuru Kenyatta's goats from Northlands,” wrote Kuria.