Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has mocked former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who is fighting for his life at King’s College Hospital London Dubai branch.
Raila, 80, was admitted to the facility last Friday after falling ill with an undisclosed illness.
On Sunday, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), in a statement, accused former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Gachagua of peddling lies about Raila Odinga’s illness.
But speaking on Monday during a series of rallies in Kitui County, Gachagua who is also Democratic for Citizens Party (DCP) leader castigated the Orange party for dragging Kalonzo Musyoka and himself into affairs of the veteran opposition leader
He jibed that neither he nor Kalonzo was a virus responsible for any illness.
“Nmeona jana watu ya ODM wakileta upuuzi. Ati huyo mzee wao ako na matatizo. Sasa wanataka kuekelea Kalonzo na mimi. Kalonzo ni virus, yeye ni bacteria, sasa mambo ya ugonjwa, Kalonzo anatokea wapi?” he posed.
Gachagua added that the opposition wishes Raila good health to live and witness him and his broad-based partner William Ruto being handed defeat in the upcoming polls.
“Sisi tunatakia huyo mzee mema tunataka wakuwe pamoja na Ruto kwa debe 2027 tuwafukuze wote,”
Raila Odinga is currently admitted to King’s College Hospital London, Dubai branch, and nobody knows his illness.
King’s College Hospital London is globally renowned for its specialization in liver disease, oncology, cardiology, orthopaedics, breast health, and neurology.
This is not the first time Mr. Odinga has faced health challenges. In June 2010, while serving as prime minister, he underwent brain surgery at Nairobi Hospital to remove a blood clot. The operation was successful, and his condition stabilised soon after.
In 2017, Mr. Odinga was admitted twice—first in March, when he was treated at Karen Hospital for severe fatigue and food poisoning, and later in July in Mombasa after a similar incident during political rallies.
More recently, in March 2021, he was admitted to Nairobi Hospital for medical checks, during which he tested positive for COVID-19.
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