National Assembly Majority Whip Sylvanus Osoro has dismissed speculation on the current standing of the presidency following Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's supposed absence from public. South Mugirango MP Silvanus Osoro (pictured above) said Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was out on a brief leave from work. Photo: Silvanus Osoro. "I want to tell the nation in the full glare of cameras that there are no issues with the deputy president. On the evening of Friday, May 17, the deputy president was not at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to receive him from his trip to Rwanda.