MP Rigathi Gachagua Denies Fraudulently Receiving Sh7.3 Billion, Freed on Sh12 Million Bail
Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua was on Monday arraigned in court after spending the weekend in police custody.
Appearing before Chief Magistrate Lawrence Mugambi at Milimani law courts, the MP was charged with unlawfully receiving more than Sh7 billion.
Gachagua, who was arrested last on Friday, was charged with conspiracy to commit an offense of corruption, fraudulent acquisition of public property, money laundering, acquisition of proceeds of crime, and conflict of interest.
He was charged alongside nine others not before the court, including William Wahome Mwangi, Anne Nduta Ruo, Julianne Jahenda Makaa, Samuel Murimi, Grace Wambui Kariuki, Lawrence Kimaru, Irene Wambui Ndigiriri, David Reuben, and a company M/s Rapid Medical Supplies.
The charge sheet stated that on diverse dates between 2013 and 2020 in Nairobi, Gachagua fraudulently received Sh7,330,011,265 through three bank accounts at Rafiki Micro-Finance bank while knowing that the monies were proceeds of crime.
He was charged that on December 29th, 2014 in Nairobi, jointly with others not before the court, he fraudulently acquired Sh6 million public funds for the supply of dialysis machines to Nyeri Provincial General Hospital.
Gachagua was also charged with money laundering for receiving Sh104,821,205 from Bungoma County Government between January 2018 and June 2019, with intent to unlawfully dispose of the money. He is also alleged to have receives Sh7,583,505 from Kwale County Government with intent to unlawfully dispose of the money.
Gachagua pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on Sh12 million cash bail with an alternative of Sh25 million bond. He was further ordered to surrender his passport to the court and barred from contacting witnesses in the case.
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Ksh 7 Billion?! He & all the…
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Ksh 7 Billion?!
He & all the people involved belong in jail.
Take a little of the loot…
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In reply to Ksh 7 Billion?! He & all the… by Guesty (not verified)
Take a little of the loot and have your teeth whitened. That might make you look less (Nyerian) but will be a huge improvement.
He can use a blue gum tree…
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In reply to Take a little of the loot… by Mwangi (not verified)
He can use a blue gum tree little branch to brush those devil looking teeth! That might give him some technical knowledge in explaining the “bottom down” thin upside down DP Ruto’s sham economic models. Better teeth might also make him look less of a thief!
So Ruto told this fool to…
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So Ruto told this fool to deny the theft charges so they both can share the lot!? Right!? I hope the judiciary is able to prosecute Rigathi very quickly and jail him. We are tired of thieves!
The judiciary is full of…
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In reply to So Ruto told this fool to… by Weru (not verified)
The judiciary is full of thieves! Look at muchelule, chitembwe, etc. Just keep on searching for an honest judge if these judges claim to be the best thieves Kenya have! The only honest judge in the entire judiciary is judge Ngugi - I’m talking about the female judge but not the other corrupt judge Ngugi the male!!
Rigathi Gachagua as stolen…
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Rigathi Gachagua as stolen money meant to buy medicine and medical equipments .
He stole from the sick.
Gachagua stole from his…
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In reply to Rigathi Gachagua as stolen… by Guesty (not verified)
Gachagua stole from his dying brother as well. No wonder he had to rash to India because Rigathi supplied @air” to those hospitals he was stealing from!
What are you smiling for…
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What are you smiling for Rigathi? A thief should not afford to smile after you hose millions of people of their billions of shillings! Shut those dirty lips you bustard!
Human beings are creatures…
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Human beings are creatures of habit and only perfect behaviors learned in early childhood. His former primary school classmate told me that Gachagua was very skilled in stealing other pupil's pencils and books starting in the then standard one all through standard seven. Politics taught him to steal openly without shame or fear.
Human beings are creatures…
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Human beings are creatures of habit and only perfect behaviors learned in early childhood. His former primary school classmate told me that Gachagua was very skilled in stealing other pupil's pencils and books starting in the then standard one all through standard seven. Politics taught him to steal openly without shame or fear.
I saw this man citizen TV…
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I saw this man citizen TV denying he never did any business with Nyeri county government when his brother was a governor. Now he's accused of supplying dialysis equipment to nyeri hospital in 2014
These politicians are as…
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In reply to I saw this man citizen TV… by Bmore (not verified)
These politicians are as crooked as hell! They are all thieves. They will deny anything to including making under age girls pregnant! The two most corrupt groups in Kenya are the politicians and members of the judiciary!! They all work together like the black and white keys in a piano! They protect t and defend each other while the poor continues to get poorer!
This is case isn't going…
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This is case isn't going anywhere.
HYENAS Ruling in Kenya.
I don't care WHAT PARTY WINS....THEY ALL RADIATE FROM THE SAME SCHOOL.
LECTURERS BEING JOMO AND MOI.
Time for mob justice! These…
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Time for mob justice! These thieves should never live to enjoy the loot. If the legal system is failing Kenyans, time to serve instant justice, the wananchi way!!!
I second your motion …
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In reply to Time for mob justice! These… by Jemutai (not verified)
I second your motion @jemutai! I totally agree! If 5 of the biggest thieves could be stoned in public beginning with the DP Ruto, I promised you stealing will stop in Kenya almost immediately! Kenyans should not be subjected to this kind of mess!!
A patriotic act is needed…
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A patriotic act is needed. Find this man and his lawyers in aroom, blow it up.
Precisely!!!
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In reply to A patriotic act is needed… by Seneca (not verified)
Precisely!!!
Murkomen and ndindi Nyoro…
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Murkomen and ndindi Nyoro are now calling thieves “bandit entrepreneurs”!
Kenyans - when did corruption and stealing become entrepreneurship?? So corruption is equivalent to Ruto’s wheelbarrow theft club??
I can forgive Murkomen because he is a lawyer and they are other name is thieves! But just imagine ndindi Nyoro who studied economics referring to a thiefing gachagua as an entrepreneur??
Just imagine that madness from this fool!!! I wonder who taught him economics 101. Please ndindi is this the best you can offer to Kenyans??
I saw the 'entrepreneur'…
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In reply to Murkomen and ndindi Nyoro… by Mathenge (not verified)
I saw the 'entrepreneur' explaining his wealth by revealing he used to organize discos and that he owns (or used to own) a candy factory (somewhere on earth). I wonder why all those famous Kenyan DJs and music promoters are not worth billions!
Ati Ndindi Nyoro did…
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In reply to Murkomen and ndindi Nyoro… by Mathenge (not verified)
Ati Ndindi Nyoro did economics? Who wrote his tests?
Ndindi’s grand mother wrote…
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In reply to Ati Ndindi Nyoro did… by Mūgīkūyū (not verified)
Ndindi’s grand mother wrote the Kihara tests for him! The guy looks insanely stupid! He also explained that “bandit entrepreneurship” is people like him, DP Ruto, sudi, Murkomen, Rigathi, Moses kuria, etc; while the hustler economics he explained it as “button down” based of his fake Kyensian economic theories!
Alice Wahome jumped in to explain the hustler economic model as the “button down” system of making the poor people the poorest lot in the trisomy pole! She liked the button down with all the hair she is constantly loosing out of her head! Then she said that is the direction Kenyans want to go! Really Wahome?
Dr Ndii - called the hustler nation just a “political gimmick” conjured by DP ruto to win the hearts and minds of the ignorant mace… of people of Kiambaa and Rurii dum dum! Ndii said hustler tag has not intrinsic economic value value! He said it is similar to him smoking a joint and the smoke just disappears in thin air!
These crooked politicians and judges are about to take Kent’s back to the Stone Age era!
Hi Rigathi - are tooth…
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Hi Rigathi - are tooth brushes and tooth paste sold in the mathura constituency shops???
Your damn mouth stinks terribly!! You should be able to smell it with one of your noses!! Smell bad Quite bigly!!! What’s in your mouth?? COVID??
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