If Murkomen Killed Me, There Would Be Civil War: Gachagua On Stoning Of Convoy

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, on Tuesday, August 26, uncovered what he claims was a concrete plot by the government to assassinate him during his homecoming on Thursday, August 21.

Speaking during an interview on Citizen TV, the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader first accused Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen of having threatened to arrest him, a move that prompted his supporters to escort him from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi for protection.

He then claimed that police officers colluded with goons to attack his convoy, with a plot to kill him at Pipeline Estate, to which he narrowly escaped. According to Gachagua, the government would have plunged the country into a civil war if he had been killed.

"When Murkomen threatened to arrest me, my supporters decided to come to the airport to make sure that I was safe. It was a family affair. The government organised to attack me; those were policemen in civilian clothes accompanied by goons," he narrated.

A vehicle in Rigathi Gachagua's convoy which was stoned after goons attacked his motorcade along Mombasa Road. /PROPESA TV

"They wanted to kill me at Pipeline; I escaped death by a whisker. What Murkomen should know, if he had killed me, there would be no country, there would be a civil war."

On that day, violence broke out between rival groups near Cabanas on Mombasa Road, close to the Airport North Road junction, where youths pelted stones at each other.

Footage obtained by Viral Tea at the time showed some of the stones hitting vehicles in Gachagua’s convoy, forcing it to slow down as the chaos intensified.

The rival groups had gone on to barricade the road with rocks, bringing traffic to a standstill and briefly preventing Gachagua’s entourage from heading to Kamukunji, where he was scheduled to address supporters.

The youths, many arriving on motorbikes, continued to clash as police—despite their heavy presence—were initially slow to intervene. Officers were later seen attempting to block some of the groups.

At one point, Gachagua, who had been waving to supporters through the sunroof, was forced to retreat into his vehicle for safety. 

Before the incident, at JKIA, airport security had similarly urged him to remain inside his car amid heightened tension.

Meanwhile, when pressed regarding alerting authorities on the incident, Gachagua claimed state security organs had been compromised, arguing that reporting threats against him through official channels was pointless.

The impeached second-in-command further believed that the National Police Service (NPS) was using the 'independent' tag to maintain a positive image in the eyes of the public, keeping them off behind-the-scenes, and warned that Inspector General of Police (IG) Douglas Kanja could be faced with charges of crimes against humanity at the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC).

"I cannot report William Ruto to the police, because they are under him, I cannot report the police to themselves. I cannot report Murkomen to the DCI because he is under him. I can only report them to the people of Kenya.

"The National Police Service is not independent; they are just pretending they are independent, and they are not. I told Douglas Kanja that he is a potential customer of ICC. William Ruto and Murkomen will use you, one of these days, he will be in ICC," he added.

Rigathi Gachagua during an interview with Citizen TV at his Karen home on August 26, 2025. /CITIZEN DIGITAL