{"id":165399,"date":"2024-03-26T04:08:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T04:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/26\/dp-gachagua-issues-apology-to-our-mother-mama-ngina-for-election-mudslinging\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T04:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T04:08:04","slug":"dp-gachagua-issues-apology-to-our-mother-mama-ngina-for-election-mudslinging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/26\/dp-gachagua-issues-apology-to-our-mother-mama-ngina-for-election-mudslinging\/","title":{"rendered":"DP Gachagua Issues Apology to &#8220;our mother&#8221; Mama Ngina for Election Mudslinging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309577\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"453\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/riggy-g-1.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/riggy-g-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"453\"  \/>Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua apologized to former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta for what he labeled bad politics during the 2022 General Elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking from his Karen residence on Monday, Gachagua pleaded with Kenya\u2019s first lady to forgive the political fraternity for mudslinging her during the campaigns.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI apologize for involving Mama Ngina Kenyatta in the politics of the last general elections. She is our mother. Therefore, I ask for forgiveness on behalf of our team for any inconvenience caused to her. I will never allow anyone to demean her or anyone from the region,\u201d<\/em> Gachagua told Kameme TV.<\/p>\n<p>The DP also extended an olive branch to former President Uhuru Kenyatta, describing him as \u201cour son\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe former President Uhuru Kenyatta is our son. We worked together for 17 years and only disagreed for 2 years; now that\u2019s the past. I pray for him in his retirement. Uhuru is one of us. We shall talk with everyone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gachagua at the same time urged leaders to foster unity within the Mount Kenya Region and across the country.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur unity is our strength and that\u2019s why I keep insisting that our generation should be protected. Anytime we are in the government we need to have unison in our thinking and loving one another.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua apologized to former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta for what he labeled bad politics during the 2022 General Elections. Speaking from his Karen residence on Monday, Gachagua pleaded with Kenya\u2019s first lady to forgive the political fraternity for mudslinging her during the campaigns. \u201cI apologize for involving Mama Ngina Kenyatta in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DP Gachagua Issues Apology to &quot;our mother&quot; Mama Ngina for Election Mudslinging - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/26\/dp-gachagua-issues-apology-to-our-mother-mama-ngina-for-election-mudslinging\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DP Gachagua Issues Apology to &quot;our mother&quot; Mama Ngina for Election Mudslinging - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua apologized to former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta for what he labeled bad politics during the 2022 General Elections. 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