Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has accused President William Ruto of using the presidency to build a massive personal business empire across key economic sectors, including construction, finance, and transport. Speaking to Kenyans living and working in Portland, Oregon, the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader described Ruto’s extensive commercial footprint as a full-blown case of state capture that stifles competition and drives ordinary citizens out of business. Gachagua painted a grim picture of the country’s economy, linking widespread financial hardship directly to state-level corruption and conflicts of interest. “There’s no money in circulation, and business is not thriving because the country has been taken over by what we call state capture. William Ruto is doing all the businesses in the country,” he said. He alleged that the president’s business interests span almost every major market in Kenya. “He is in banking, he is in insurance, he is in medical, he is in steel, he is in cement, he is in Tiles, MDF boards, high schools, nursery schools, ICT… in fact, of late he has gone into matatu, police uniform… he literally has driven all Kenyans out of business, he’s doing everything,” he noted. Gachagua Vows to Dismantle Ruto’s Alleged Business Empire The former deputy president pledged that a united opposition front would immediately dismantle these con...
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