WHAT NEXT FOR HON. RIGATHI GACHAGUA?

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Photo/Standard: Hon. Rigathi Gachagua in the mountain

By Thomas Chemelil

Was it Achebe or Amadi who warned us of the dangers of dancing oneself lame before the main dance started? Many students of African Literature will agree with me that a successful dance must be well timed for it to have the desired effect on the audience and leave a lasting effect on their memories.

His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua, in my unsolicited opinion, may have mistimed his dance leading to his eventual interdiction by the master chess player, and Raila''s brother, William. Worse still, Rigathi may have refused to follow the rhythm of KK dance, making him a pariah in the eyes of the powers-that-be.

If also feel that his persistent supplication to the gods of the mountain and his constant facing of Mt. Kenya may have left him exposed from the rear as his brothers, who would naturally stand guard in the wake of his prayers, complain that he never invited them to his home in Karen. There were even rumours that the grass in Karen had overgrown during his tenure as "there were no visitors! "  

It would therefore be apt to conclude that Rigathi wasted his energy on a curtain-raiser dance of amature artists resulting in his peril. As they always say, the fly that has no one to advice it will always follow the corpse into the grave.

I feel that Hon. Rigathi will not recover from the technical knockout from comrade Ruto. He will remain in the political Siberia for long despite his spirited effort to fight back.

My advice to Rigathi: look for ways to keep yourself warm in the freezer room of Kenyan politics. Put all your effort to buy yourself heavy blankets for cold July. He should equally have a brother or two guarding him from the rear to avoid unpleasant surprise attacks.

In the meantime, I urge comrade Gachagua to keep himself moderately warm as he bids his time for an opportune time to give it another try. 


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