Gachagua Dragged Again After MP Writes To DCI Over Hotel Linked To Abductions
On Monday, January 6, Wamumbi wrote to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) requesting an investigation into alleged suspicious activities at Olive Gardens Hotel in Nairobi.
Viral Tea Ke Writer 
Amidst talk surrounding the cases of abductions in the country, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been dragged into the matter again, this time around by Mathira Member of Parliament Eric Wamumbi.
On Monday, January 6, Wamumbi wrote to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) requesting an investigation into alleged suspicious activities at Olive Gardens Hotel in Nairobi.
The opulent hotel is linked to Gachagua, who has of late become a vocal critic of the government he once served in following his ouster last year by Parliament.
Wamumbi in the letter claimed that there are Kenyans who are abducting themselves to create tension and that the hotel is being used to hold secret meetings to plan how to self-abduct and create a perception of insecurity, thus destabilising the country.
Photo of Olive Gardens Hotel. /TRIPADVISOR
"I am writing to request for investigations on activities being carried out at Olive Gardens Hotel, Nairobi with regards to the ongoing debate on abductions," read a section of the letter addressed to the Director of DCI Mohammed Amin.
"As we sympathize with parents who have raised concerns about the whereabouts of their children, I believe some people are carrying out meetings in the said facility to organize fake abductions which are meant to incite the public."
The MP hopes that DCI will take his concerns seriously and investigate the hotel. "Your positive response will be highly appreciated," the letter continued.
The hotel was one of the properties listed in an impeachment motion sponsored by Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse as assets that Gachagua was accused of acquiring through corruption. Gachagua, before he was impeached by the National Assembly, denied its ownership in a tell-all press conference, claiming it belonged to his late brother Nderitu Gachagua.
Olive Garden Hotel was part of four properties mentioned in the case under suspicions of corruptly acquiring them. The others were Vipingo Beach Resort, Queensgate Apartment, and Lang'ata Highrise Flats which Gachagua also claimed belonged to his late brother.
The late former governor Nderitu Gachagua, in his last will, said, "Save for the properties that I have specifically bequeathed under Article Five above, I direct the executors of my will and the administrators of my estate to liquidate all the assets and upon settlement of my liabilities, distribute the net proceeds in the following manner."
Meanwhile, Gachagua has been allegedly linked twice to the abductions. In the latest accusation, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah, who spoke during the burial of Moses Wetangula's mother on Friday, January 3 in which President William Ruto was in attendance, claimed Gachagua orchestrated the abductions.
These remarks came after Gachagua urged President Ruto to take full responsibility and immediately address the alleged abductions. However, Gachagua, who spoke during the funeral service of the son of former Embu Speaker Lenny Kivuti, Eric Mutugi, on the same day told off the Kikuyu Member of Parliament (MP) and those accusing him of sponsoring the abductions.
Responding to Ichung'wah's accusations linking him to the abductions, Gachagua deemed the accusations as diversionary tactics by the state to drive Kenyans away from their focus on the contentious matter at hand.
