{"id":165829,"date":"2024-03-27T05:11:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T05:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/27\/otiende-amollo-trashes-gachaguas-apology-to-mama-ngina-kenyatta\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T05:11:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T05:11:59","slug":"otiende-amollo-trashes-gachaguas-apology-to-mama-ngina-kenyatta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/27\/otiende-amollo-trashes-gachaguas-apology-to-mama-ngina-kenyatta\/","title":{"rendered":"Otiende Amollo Trashes Gachagua&#8217;s Apology to Mama Ngina Kenyatta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309640\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"471\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GACHA.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GACHA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"471\"  \/>Rarieda Member of Parliament (MP) Otiende Amollo has rubbished Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s apology to Mama Ngina Kenyatta, labeling it insincere.<\/p>\n<p>According to Amollo, the DP was clutching at straws in a desperate attempt to regain favour from the Mt.Kenya voting bloc.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with KTN on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, the Rarieda MP claimed that Riggy G was only attempting to rebuild political bridges with the Kenyatta family in the wake of his diminishing influence in Central Kenya.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think it\u2019s a result of the things that are happening in Mt. Kenya region. There is some disquiet that is building, there are those that are contending to replace him from his seat and that is public knowledge,\u201d<\/em> Amollo opined.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe needs all the friends that he can gather and that includes Uhuru Kenyatta, the much the better for him,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED \u2013 DP Gachagua Issues Apology to \u201cour mother\u201d Mama Ngina for Election Mudslinging<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Rarieda MP stated that Gachagua\u2019s popularity in the Mt Kenya region is dwindling as other politicians vie to assume leadership. He clarified that the deputy president\u2019s popularity is declining because of the heavy taxation introduced by the Kenya Kwanza government.<\/p>\n<p>Otiende noted that the taxation reforms implemented by the Kenya Kwanza government were casting a shadow over President William Ruto\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is disquiet over the actions that have been taken first in terms of over-taxation because they have realised it is extremely harmful to many business people and ordinary citizens in Mt. Kenya,\u201d<\/em> said Otiende.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey are trying to entreat themselves to the ordinary citizens by appearing to go back on a number of things that they have stood by.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rarieda Member of Parliament (MP) Otiende Amollo has rubbished Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s apology to Mama Ngina Kenyatta, labeling it insincere. According to Amollo, the DP was clutching at straws in a desperate attempt to regain favour from the Mt.Kenya voting bloc. During an interview with KTN on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, the Rarieda MP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165829","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>Otiende Amollo Trashes Gachagua&#039;s Apology to Mama Ngina Kenyatta - 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\/27\/otiende-amollo-trashes-gachaguas-apology-to-mama-ngina-kenyatta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Otiende Amollo Trashes Gachagua&#039;s Apology to Mama Ngina Kenyatta - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rarieda Member of Parliament (MP) Otiende Amollo has rubbished Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s apology to Mama Ngina Kenyatta, labeling it insincere. 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