{"id":99866,"date":"2023-08-06T17:13:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T17:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/gachagua-mt-kenya-is-majority-in-government-by-design"},"modified":"2023-08-06T18:04:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T18:04:38","slug":"gachagua-mt-kenya-is-majority-in-government-by-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/gachagua-mt-kenya-is-majority-in-government-by-design","title":{"rendered":"Gachagua: Mt Kenya is majority in government by design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has declared that Mt Kenya region has significant representation in the Kenya Kwanza government because of deliberate design and strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The DP, who spoke during the government&#8217;s interdenominational prayers at Sagana State Lodge on Sunday, rubbished critics saying Mt Kenya laid a solid political strategy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in this government by design and strategy,&#8221; Gachagua said.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to claims by the opposition that President Ruto&#8217;s administration is perpetuating tribalism, Gachagua said Mt Kenya made a clear decision to form the government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We sat down and agreed with President Ruto on the representation of this region in government,&#8221; he said as he praised Ruto for what he termed as living up to his promise.<\/p>\n<p>The DP said the President has kept every bit of his campaign promises to the region, a few months after polls.<\/p>\n<p>He dismissed critics, who have come out strongly to dismiss his shareholding analogy of the government, saying his mind is clear that one must invest before reaping.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t harvest where you have not planted, we are in this government by choice and by design,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes we are the majority by design and by strategy because we we invested in this government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The opposition has often criticised Gachagua for likening the government to a shareholding company in which majority shareholders get higher stakes.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gachagua: Mt Kenya is majority in government by design\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U3g42GB19QQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: The Star<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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