I’m Just Using the Bottom Up Approach – Gachagua Responds to Critics

I’m Just Using the Bottom Up Approach – Gachagua Responds to Critics.

I’m Just Using the Bottom Up Approach:  Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has defended his push for unity in the Mt Kenya region amidst increasing division in the ruling party and the Kenya Kwanza government.

Speaking during the launch of the Bahati’s Empire Reality Show on Thursday, June 7, Gachagua expressed that it would be difficult to unite the country without bringing together respective communities.

He reiterated that he was only using the bottom-up approach as was championed by the President and his team in the run to the 2022 elections.

He stated,”I am focused on uniting my people so that they unite with the people of Kenya. As they say, charity begins at home. There is no way Kenya can be united unless we do it the bottom-up way,”

“You cannot unite from the top, it cannot work. Much as we are working on the economy through the bottom up, the unity of the country is also bottom up,” he added.

Therefore, he maintained that he would continue his to fight for the unity of communities despite being called a tribalist.

“Everybody comes from somewhere. People who speak one language have certain things that are peculiar to them. People of the same tongue need to share their thoughts using the same tongue before joining others to talk about Kenya,” he added

This comes after President Ruto urged the leaders to not lead Kenyans along tribal lines.

He stated, “I have been in this politics for a long time, I understand the dangers of politics of dividing people across tribal lines. Please, those of you in government, don’t take that route of tribal politics,”

“Let me request and urge all our leaders to focus their energies on the transformation of our country not on dividing Kenyans along tribal lines,” he added.

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