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Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua (pictured) says he wasn’t immediately given reasons for his arrest. [File, Standard]
Mathira Member of Parliament (MP) Rigathi Gachagua has been arrested.
Gachagua was arrested by DCI detectives at his Nyeri home at 5am on Friday.
His lawyer, Wahome Gikonyo, told
The Standard that the detectives, who were 15 in number, did not give reasons for the lawmaker’s arrest.
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Rigathi Gachagua was seized from his Sagana home in Nyeri County. [George Njunge, Standard]
The MP had in February 2021 moved to court to stop the DCI from arresting him over allegations of fraud.
DP Ruto ally MP Rigathi Gachagua accused of grabbing land worth Ksh 2.5B, ROTTEN to the core
Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua has been accused of grabbing land belonging to an elderly man situated near Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
In a report published by Business Daily on Monday, February 22, John Ohas, who served as director of physical planning at the Land Ministry in the 1980s, filed a suit seeking to have a title deed held by the lawmaker revoked.
The title deed of the land valued at Ksh1.5 billion is registered in the name of Wamunyoro Investment Ltd, a company associated with Gachagua.
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Paul Ogemba |
February 23rd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Mathira Member of Parliament Rigathi Gachagua has moved to court to stop the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) from arresting him over allegations of fraud.
Gachagua (pictured) is also seeking anticipatory bail should the DCI and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) go-ahead to press charges against him in relation to investigations on his accounts over claims of money laundering.
According to the MP, he is being persecuted for his political association with Deputy President William Ruto, adding that he genuinely obtained his money and nothing in his accounts suggests that he was engaged in corruption.