Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday revealed that he could not defend theft in President William Ruto’s government.
Speaking during an interview with NTV, the former Deputy President said that some of the President’s advisors are deeply involved in the Ksh 104 billion SHIF system and that is why it was being rushed.
“My very honest view is that that is the crux of the matter; it is what the rush is about. The focus is the Ksh.104 billion.” said Gachagua
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He continued by saying that Adani never came up in the committees he chaired but SHIF did.
“Looking at the mathematics surrounding that program, I found that it would have cost us between Ksh.700 million and Ksh.800 million to upgrade the system that was running NHIF and make it compliant.” he said
As it stands, the SHIF system has drawn criticism from the general public as they could not access medical payment despite calls for patience and assurance that it was okay.
Some of the leaders have also been accused of intimidating and threatening Kenyans in order to sign up for the medical system.
“If something is good, it is people who should be rushing to register… if it reaches a place you have to intimidate and blackmail people that unless you register for this program, your child will not be registered into school, there is a problem.” said Gachagua
According to Gachagua he is where he is today because he refused to betray Kenyans especially after they raised problems with it.
“I have gotten where I am today because I refuse to betray the people of Kenya; what is not right I said and where the people of Kenya raised problems, I would tell the President about it,” he said
