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Rigathi Gachagua

Rigathi Gachagua

Former deputy president of Kenya, leader of the Democracy for Citizens Party

Photo: Luis Tato / European Union, 2023 / EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0 (source)

Appears in 3 timelines · 21 dated events

Timelines

Incident🇰🇪

Kenya SHA/SHIF rollout

Kenya replaced the National Health Insurance Fund with the Social Health Authority on 1 October 2024 under laws signed in October 2023, after a series of High Court and C...

2023 to now · 35 eventsOngoing
Incident🇰🇪

Kenya housing levy

Kenya's Finance Act 2023 introduced a housing levy of 1.5 percent of gross pay, matched by employers, to fund the government's affordable housing programme. The...

2023 to now · 35 eventsOngoing
Rivalry🇰🇪

Ruto vs Gachagua

William Ruto chose Rigathi Gachagua as his running mate in 2022, and the pair won the presidency. After a public break in 2024, Parliament impeached and removed Gachagua,...

2022 to now · 26 eventsOngoing

Key dates

Newest first, across every timeline
October 2026 · Opposition narrows its 2027 contenders
Ruto vs Gachagua26 July 2026 · Gachagua pledges to scrap the levy
Kenya housing levy8 June 2026 · High Court upholds Gachagua's removal
Ruto vs GachaguaJune 2026 · Gachagua appeals the High Court judgment
Ruto vs Gachagua29 March 2026 · Gachagua predicts collapse, Duale disputes it
Kenya SHA/SHIF rollout30 January 2026 · Supreme Court declines to halt High Court cases
Ruto vs Gachagua13 September 2025 · Gachagua declares 2027 presidential bid
Ruto vs Gachagua10 August 2025 · Gachagua dates his break with Ruto to June 2024
Ruto vs Gachagua15 May 2025 · Gachagua launches the Democracy for Citizens Party
Ruto vs Gachagua1 April 2025 · Gachagua calls Ruto's account a lie
Ruto vs Gachagua31 March 2025 · Ruto says Gachagua demanded Sh10 billion
Ruto vs Gachagua4 February 2025 · Gachagua says Ruto offered him money to resign
Ruto vs Gachagua22 January 2025 · Ruto speaks of removals for incompetence
Ruto vs Gachagua18 October 2024 · Parliament approves Ruto's pick Kindiki
Ruto vs Gachagua18 October 2024 · Three-judge bench set up for Gachagua's petitions
Ruto vs Gachagua17 October 2024 · Senate removes Gachagua from office
Ruto vs Gachagua8 October 2024 · National Assembly impeaches Gachagua
Ruto vs GachaguaOctober 2024 · Gachagua vows to fight impeachment motion
Ruto vs Gachagua26 June 2024 · Gachagua blames intelligence chief for protests
Ruto vs Gachagua13 September 2022 · Ruto and Gachagua sworn in
Ruto vs Gachagua15 May 2022 · Ruto names Gachagua as running mate
Ruto vs Gachagua

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