Key Quotes In Fiery Deputy Presidential Debate [LIVE]

The Deputy Presidential debate kicked off on Tuesday, July 19 at the Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA) main campus in Karen, Nairobi.

Ruth Mucheru (Agano Party), Justina Wamae (Roots Party), Rigathi Gachagua (UDA) and Martha Karua (Azimio la Umoja) featured in the debate which was divided into two tiers.

Key Quotes (Part One)

Justina Wamae- If maize flour is costly, then Marijuana flour can cook ugali and chapati. The seed produces cooking oil also.

Justina Wamae: Hemp produces animal feed. We are promising Kenyans, 'kutakuwa na maziwa ya Roots na mayai ya Roots (there will be Roots milk and eggs) because the animal feed will be affordable.

Ruth Mucheru: I am coming in with my intelligence, corruption free, as a trustworthy person and to bring the development agenda that has been left out of the woman and the youth

Justina Wamae vs Ruth Mucheru Mutua during the Deputy Presidential Debate. /VIRALTEAKE

Justina Wamae: There is nothing like beard gang! Kenyans don't have money for shaving. The high cost of living can account for the madness in this country.

Justina Wamae: How can you tell young people that education is the key when you have poor graduates and rich idiots?

Ruth Mucheru: I'd like to tell Kenyans that if we don't decide to change the leadership of this country, it will cost us another 10 decades.

Justina Wamae: I dare say that the people who have been in government are to blame for our country's current situation because they never looked into the future.

Ruth Mucheru Mutua: Our competitors have experience but they have let us down. We want new blood and fresh ideas so that we gear this country in a different direction.

Justina Wamae: I respect the other leaders but what sets us apart is that they have been here for thirty years telling us the same narrative without being responsive to the youth of this country. I can relate to the youth.

Ruth Mucheru: Bhang made my neighbour's gardener wake up to slash grass at 11 pm.

Ruth Mucheru Mutua: Wakenya wakate simu Agano iko site (Kenyans should cut the call, Agano is on-site). The law tells us clearly that bhang is illegal. I am looking for a mother who will allow their child to smoke marijuana.

Ruth Mucheru: I’m coming in with my intelligence, corruption-free, trustworthy person, and the development agenda of the woman and youth 

Ruth Mucheru Mutua: My business is to assist the president and sit in while he goes out on duty. I'll ensure that this country runs as long as the President gives me the mandate to do so.

Justina Wamae: Given that I understand the role of the DP, that one has to deputize the President in all execution of his duties, I am ready for it.

Ruth Mucheru Mutua: We are not hanging anybody. If you do not follow the law, the law will follow you. If you are corrupt you will face the law.

Key Quotes (Part Two)

Rigathi Gachagua: Tonight is a defining moment for Kenyans. They are in anguish, they are in a state of helplessness and they need hope.

I will present Kenya Kwanza’s plan of how we intend to turn around the economy of this country.

I have 35 years of experience in public service, I have the zeal to serve and I don’t take alcohol, and I have a fairly good idea of how to assist Ruto to serve this country

Martha Karua: I represent the Azimio hope for this country, we are out to rescue this country from the stranglehold of corruption. We intend to help citizens get their country back.

Rigathi Gachagua to Martha Karua: It's not honourable to quit when things aren't going your way. Martha quit President Kibaki's Government when Kibaki need her when Raila was a thorn in the said Government.

Martha Karua and Rigathi Gachagua shake hands during the 2022 Deputy Presidential debate. /PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES KENYA

Martha Karua to Rigathi Gachagua: Those who don't understand principle can't understand quitting. I respectfully withdrew myself so that we could continue with respect for each other

Martha Karua: The overall leader is the President. I am the principal assistant and with that in mind, I am ready. Calling each other names in public is a disgrace to Kenyans who elected us into office.

Rigathi Gachagua: The reason Azimio cannot push William Ruto to resign is that he was elected by Kenyans. The plan was to provoke him and intimidate him and his allies so that he would quit the government.

Martha Karua: We don’t need to amend the Constitution to prescribe the relationship between a President and a Deputy President, people need to change their behaviour.

Rigathi Gachagua: I simply don’t understand; is Martha Karua Raila’s running mate or is she the running mate of Uhuru Kenyatta, the project master?

Martha Karua to Rigathi Gachagua: I was hoping he would explain to us how an individual finds Ksh5 billion in his account.

Rigathi Gachagua to Martha Karua: I am not worth billions. I did clean business from 2008, the money is documented, and I will never be intimidated. I refused to support the handshake and that's why am facing these woes.

Rigathi Gachagua: DP William Ruto can’t resign because he was elected and not appointed. If we were using the previous Constitution, DP Ruto would have been sacked and replaced by Gideon Moi

Martha Karua: I am worth about Ksh150 million and that is because the Ksh56 million I had declared in 2013 has appreciated because of inflation.

What's the cost of Kerosene?- James Smart

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I haven't had any new properties. I am not thirsty for land or worldly goods. I am happy to have a house I call home. I am happy to have a house on my father's land. Not everybody is hungry to amass.

Rigathi Gachagua: I don't think it is honourable to be a quitter, you must fight from within. When the Nairobi deputy governor (Polycarp Igathe) quit, he left a vacuum in Nairobi. That allowed Uhuru to bring the military into the city.

Rigathi Gachagua: Since Martha Karua joined the government, she has been consumed by the lies of the same government. If she would move around the country she would feel very sorry. Let us not lie. There is no fertilizer available for Ksh 2,500.