Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has heaped praised on the media as he joined a local radio station in celebrating their 21st anniversary.
Gachagua on media’s role
Gachagua who on Saturday, July 27, 2024, joined Inooro FM at Carnivore, Nairobi in their celebration said the media has become a core component of good governance and socioeconomic development.
“The media is founded on the cardinal functions of informing, educating and entertaining the public. Increasingly, the media has become a core component of good governance and socioeconomic development,” Gachagua said in a statement shared via his official X account.
The media is founded on the cardinal functions of informing, educating and entertaining the public.
Increasingly, the media has become a core component of good governance and socioeconomic development. pic.twitter.com/2GiVJl7hKc
— H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH (@rigathi) July 27, 2024
DP Gachagua has been a big critic of the media for a very long time.
Gachagua’s previous attacks on media
On May 20, 2023, Gachagua launched a scathing attack against the media which he accused of misleading the country through biased reporting.
Gachagua was speaking at a thanksgiving ceremony in Nyandarua County when he claimed that the media had deliberately mud-slinging President William Ruto’s government.
In June 2023, Gachagua defended remarks made against a section of the media by the then Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria.
Kuria had attacked the Nation Media Group (NMG) accusing the media house of being “an opposition party”, before making a roadside declaration directing government agencies to stop advertising with the media house, failure to which they would be sacked.
Leaders that accompanied Gachagua
The second in command during the Saturday night event enjoyed dancing mugithi tunes as local artistes from the Mt. Kenya region made performances.
Gachagua was joined by several political leaders from Nairobi and the Mt Kenya region.
They include Nairobi County woman Member of Parliament (MP) Esther Passaris, Embakasi Central MP Gathiru Mejja Donk, his Embakasi North counterpart James Gakuya and Nyeri County Governor Mutahi Kahiga.
Other leaders that accompanied the DP at the event are MPs Njeri Maina (Kirinyaga Woman Representative), Karungo wa Thang’wa (Senator, Kiambu), Peter Kihungi (Kangema MP), Samuel Gachobe (Subukia MP), Jayne Kihara(Naivasha MP) and Teresiah Wanjiru (Nominated MP).
Former lawmakers who accompanied Gachagua are Kimani Ngunjiri and Cate Waruguru.
Kenyan musician and content creator Kevin Bahati, who is DP Gachagua’s newly-found ally, was also present.