Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua faced fierce criticism for suggesting that tourists can visit Kenya to observe rare species of tigers. In a video that has gone viral, the deputy president who was speaking during an event in Colombia asked the audience to visit Kenya to see wild animals.
Rigathi Gachagua went ahead and named animals that stand out in Kenyan wildlife. To the surprise of many, Gachagua went ahead and listed Tigers as one them.
” We have rare species of our wildlife. The elephant, the Rhino, the Buffalo, the tiger….” He said.
A while a go, President William Ruto also caused a spark on social media after he urged tourists to visit Lami County to see swimming lions. According to an article published by Citizen Tv, troops of tourists flocked into Lamu County to see the lions, only to return home frustrated.
While reacting to DP Gachagua’s viral video, a section of Kenyans wondered why a leader of his magnitude was not informed on wild animals found in Kenya. Here are some of reactions from Kenyans.
“Huyu tulisema asitumwe kurepresent kenya anywhere yy afanyie udeputy uku kenya tu ona sasa🤣🤣🤣”
“Nkikumbuka after Ruto uyu jamaa anaweza kua president narudi kwa magoti tena 😂 kukemea”
“Mnachoma kutuma huyu mtu watume mudavadi kama ni outside the country na within like kwenda mrima Kenya watume riggy G”
“It’s easy to criticize than see the good… Rather than seeing he was selling Magical Kenya on the tourist who will bring some dollars we argue petty… They know tigers are not in Kenya but they are in the same family with leopards n cheetahs.. no wonder the comment on ” rare species”
The tiger???Even my 5 yr old knows we don’t have tigers in Kenya.🤣🤣
![It is now hours to the highly hyped Raila Odinga-led Azimio demonstrations. A section of Kenyans have named prominent young people that should be in front line during the mass action.*While speaking to Citizen Tv, ODM leader leader Raila Odinga mantained that the Monday's demonstrations across the country will go as planned. While Speaking to journalist Sam Gituku, the former prime minister ruled out the possibility withdrawing, adding that President William Ruto pride has forced him to take the action.*"They have been speaking with a lot pride, saying that I want a share of the government (Nusu mkate). Their speeches have been full of abusive words. We are left without any choice," he said.Raila Odinga however intimated that he will not lead crowd of Kenyan to the Statement as he earlier claimed. Instead, he said Azimio will send representatives to the president with their Memorandum."*Of course that[statehouse] is a protected area. We shall send representatives with memorandum. If they are allowed in, well and fine. If not, they will stick it on the gate and leave," he added. Among the demands being pushed by Azimio are; lowering the cost of living, to halt the process of constituting IEBC but rather reinstate the Cherera four and Open the IEBC servers.* Though the ODM leader said that the demonstrations will be peaceful, Kenyans have now expressed their doubts. Some of Nairobi business people said that they will close their businesses on the day to avoid unnecessary losses.A section of Kenyans further listed a number of young persons who should be in front line. They include; Winnie Odinga and Raila Junior. They are the ODM leader Raila Oding's children. Raila is the force behind the planned Mass action. Winnie Odinga was recently nominated as member of Parliament for EALA. George Mariga. He is Martha Karua's son. He is works as news reporter at KTN. Karua was the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Alliance Deputy President designate. She is very vocal in pushing for the mass action.Kalonzo Musyoka's children. They include;Kennedy Musyoka [EALA MP], Kevin Muasya [CEO of Akamba radio station Athiani FM], Damaris Musenya [a lawyer] and Klein Kalonzo[a musician with a recording studio].](https://publicnews.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GridArt_20230319_055056513-390x220.webp "Netizens lists prominent young Kenyans that should attend Monday's Azimio demonstrations 2 Netizens lists prominent young Kenyans that should attend Monday's Azimio demonstrations")
