Gachagua lauds Kenyan medics in LA, urges better governance back home
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has expressed his appreciation for the resilience, hope, and patriotism exhibited by the diaspora community working in the health sector.
The former Deputy President, while making his remarks in Los Angeles on Monday, August 11, 2025, revealed that Kenyan’s in LA have continued to show a strong attachment to their homeland and a desire for a better future.
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“In an engagement with Kenyans living and working in Los Angeles, Southern California, just like all other cities in have engaged the USA, I have profound gratitude in the hope and the future they have on Kenya,” Gachagua said.
On his part, Gachagua praised their culture of hard work, care, and responsibility, saying such values could transform Kenya if mirrored back home, provided that systems were functioning effectively.
“The culture of hard work, care, and responsibility they have can be doubled back home if systems were working. I am glad they keep tabs on the goings on in our motherland. Their concerns, my concerns, and what all Kenyans are asking for rhyme; pain must end,” Gachagua said.
On the other hand, he also highlighted that Police brutality must stop, further adding the urgent need for the government to fix key sectors, including healthcare, security, economic growth, infrastructure, and education, to ensure Kenya works for all its citizens.
“Brutality on Kenyans must be stopped. Matters of healthcare, security, meaningful economic growth, infrastructure development, and education must work for the good of our nation,” Gachagua added.
Gachagua remarks on abroad remittances
Meanwhile, his remarks sparked after he called on Kenyans in the diaspora to resist a proposed survey aimed at determining how much households have received from Kenyans abroad. He warned that this could lead to further taxes being imposed on remittances from abroad.
Speaking during a community town hall meeting in California on Saturday, Gachagua criticised President William Ruto for ‘directing’ the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to implement the exercise, calling it “ill-intended” and “intrusive.”
“I do not know what is wrong with William Ruto. The CBK announced that it will be going to your homes to get the value of your remittances to determine how much money you send them. You guys have already paid tax; you are helping your kin because of failed systems,” Gachagua said.
On his part, he urged diaspora communities to instruct their families back home not to share such details with CBK officials.
“If Ruto wants to know how much money you send home, he should come here and talk to you. Do not torment our parents and our people back at home,” he added.
