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Rigathi said all leaders should cease sowing seeds of discord and show love to all Kenyans even in times of disagreement

A day after President Uhuru Kenyatta reportedly snubbed his Deputy William Ruto when the two met at Parliament buildings on Monday, Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua has broken his silence.

This was after the head of state suggestively avoided shaking hands with his Deputy Ruto and other leaders when they welcomed him to the parliament buildings for the body viewing of the late former President Mwai Kibaki.

Speaking on Tuesday, April 26 at a local tv station, Rigathi hit out at the head of state, claiming he has publicly shown his enmity with the DP, something that is not good for the country, especially at such an electioneering period.

He described Uhuru's act of just waving at Ruto and a number of his allies and going ahead to shake hands with Kalonzo and others as petty and unwarranted.

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"Passing him without a greeting is a little bit petty. Shaking somebody's hand is about humanity, it is all over the world, and it is a decent thing to do. It doesn't matter whether you agree with somebody or not. We would have said it was not happening during the covid period but we saw last Thursday during the Azimio forum greeting all the people present by hand," stated Gachagua.

{A photo collage of President Uhuru and his Deputy William Ruto condoling with the late former President Mwai Kibaki's family inside parliament buildings on Monday. Photo: Courtesy}

"Yesterday, we saw Uhuru snubbing and just waving at DP William Ruto, Speaker Muturi, and Lusaka but greeted Kalonzo Musyoka by hand and the family of the late Mwai Kibaki. If it has come to that level where our leaders are showing us seeds of enmity in public, what are we supposed to do as their followers?" posed Rigathi

The Ruto allied MP advised Uhuru, saying elections are a contest that will come and go hence not a permanent enmity.

He went ahead to rely upon his fears, claiming Uhuru is unlikely to turn up and hand over the instruments of power after August should Ruto win the elections.

"I besiege my president to exercise leadership and bring Kenya together because we gave him that job and the constitution expects him to do so. Kenyans are asking that if it has reached this level and Ruto wins the August elections, will President Uhuru turn up at Kasarani and hand over instruments of power?" he added.

He said all leaders should cease sowing seeds of discord, adding that they should show love to all Kenyans even in times of disagreement.