Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua spent five years as Uhuru Kenyatta's personal assistant in the early 2000s but is now one of the President's fiercest critics. Rigathi worked for Uhuru during the last years of the Kanu regime. Nderitu was then Mathira MP and was elected first Nyeri governor in 2013. The man told Rigathi that if he got the cash he would be able to campaign without coming to Uhuru for money. He won the Mathira MP seat on Jubilee Party ticket in 2017.

Source: The Star July 23, 2021 11:27 UTC