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Gachagua: No arrests will be made in singer Rachel Wandeto killing because police were involved
11th August, 2026 01:51 PM
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has raised fresh questions over the death of gospel singer Rachel Wandeto, who died after she was attacked and doused with petrol.
Speaking while delivering his assessment of President William Ruto’s four years in office on Monday, August 11, 2026 Gachagua addressed Wandeto’s death as part of wider concerns he raised about security, policing and accountability in the country.
He recalled that President Ruto had vowed that those responsible for Wandeto’s death would be arrested.
“William Ruto vowed that the killers would be arrested,” Gachagua said.
However, Gachagua questioned the progress of the investigation, claiming that no arrests had been made months after the President’s directive.
“Despite William Ruto having instructed that the killers be arrested, three months down the line nobody has been arrested,” he said.
Gachagua then made a strong claim about the lack of arrests, saying he believed it was because of alleged police involvement in the singer’s death.
“Nobody will be arrested because she was killed by the police,” he claimed.
Rachel Wandeto, who had drawn public attention after tattooing President William Ruto’s face on her chest, died months ago after she was brutally attacked in Mwiki, Kasarani Sub-County.
Wider claims on killings and disappearances
The Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader also spoke about other deaths, including those of Dr Victoria Motiso, who was killed on July 19, 2026, and lawyer Matthew Kyalo Mbobu, who died on September 9, 2025, and linked the two cases to senior police officers in a dispute involving personal property.
He further claimed that the killing of Motiso was planned and carried out by senior police officers.
Gachagua also cited figures he said had been documented by human rights organisations concerning extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances.
“The U.S. State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, the Kenya National Commission of Human Rights, and the Independent Medical Legal Unit have documented over 700 cumulative cases of extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances across Kenya since late 2022,” he said.
He further claimed that the number of deaths increased during the 2024 protests, saying that 60 young Kenyans were killed.
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