Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has made explosive allegations linking President William Ruto to late Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, claiming the tycoon held money on the president’s behalf and was involved in an alleged plan to influence Kenya’s 2027 general election. Speaking during an engagement with clergy in Boston, United States, Gachagua claimed Chivayo, who died alongside his wife and four others in a helicopter crash in Zimbabwe on Wednesday, had extensive secret business dealings with President Ruto. Gachagua alleged that Chivayo had been used to move and hold funds for the president, though he did not provide evidence during his address. “There was a business partner of his, a crook from Zimbabwe called Chivayo. This man, because I was his deputy, so I know they were doing business together,” Gachagua claimed. “He is a man he has been using for money laundering. He gets money in dollars; that man comes with a plane, lands in a private airstrip, and takes the money to keep for him,” he further alleged. Gachagua went on to claim that Chivayo was holding more than KSh1.5 trillion belonging to Ruto at the time of his death. “The man has his money, over 1.5 trillion. The man is dead, his wife is dead, and he doesn’t know where to begin,” Gachagua claimed. Gachagua further sought to link Chivayo to an alleged scheme to interfere with the 2027 General Ele...
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