Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua shared a moment with residents of Nyeri during his morning walk on Wednesday, August 9, 2023.
Gachagua said he enjoys the early morning walks while in the village as it is a great moment to engage and catch up with his “fellow villagers”.
“You can take a man out of the village, but you cannot take the village out of the man; I am always a villager,” Gachagua captioned photos of him interacting and sharing lots of laughter with locals during the chilly Wednesday morning.
“It was also reinvigorating to do the kilometres with some of the villagers who joined me in the walk. We had time to bond again,” he said.
“I visited one of my late mother’s- best friends, Peris Gathoni. We shared memories of some moments with her friend; my mother, Martha Kirigo, recalling, with nostalgia, how the two women of steel hustled to raise us from boys to men.”
He also shared a moment with children heading to school as he reminisced about his humble beginnings.
“My interaction with pupils and students on their way to school took me back many years, when I walked bare feet to Kabiru-ini Primary School in the dark and chilly mornings, as we sought an education,” the DP added.
“I also bumped into the milkman and had a brief conversation on the Dairy Subsector. I assured him that the subsector will be streamlined, and sooner or later, we will put more money into the farmer’s pocket.”
According to Gachagua, the residents had a lot of feedback on infrastructure and the general development initiatives of the Kenya Kwanza administration.
“The feedback is good; we will do more across the country to rebuild our Nation,” he assured.
The DP is expected to join President William Ruto on the last leg of the five-day tour that starts in Naromoru, Nyeri County, Gichugu, Kirinyaga County and Thika in Kiambu County.
The Head of State will start his day with the opening of the three-storeyed, 175-bed capacity Naromoru Level IV Hospital in Kieni, Nyeri County at around 9:00 am.
He will later launch an affordable housing project in Gichugu before landing in Thika where he will commission the Karimenu Dam Water Supply Project and also launch an affordable housing project.
Ruto and Gachagua have pitched camp in Mt Kenya region since last Saturda
