Ruto Was Removed From Diary WhatsApp Group Before Gachagua – Itumbi

The Head of Creative Economy and Special Projects in President William Ruto’s Office, Dennis Itumbi has said that the Diary WhatsApp Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was removed from was permanently deleted.

Itumbi in a statement said that Ruto was first to be removed from the group and that is something the Deputy President was not saying.

The group is where Ruto’s team shared where he would be and the Deputy President as well.

Itumbi said it was deleted to stop leaking of highly classified documents to other groups.

“The Diary group was deleted. What DP @rigathi fails to mention is that the President was removed even before him, and the group was permanently Deleted due to the highly classified documents being shared in WhatsApp groups,” he said on X.

In an interview on Friday night, Gachagua said his removal and some of his staff from the group was making it difficult to harmonise his schedule with that of the Head of State.

He said this is the reason he has been missing important presidential events due to a lack of information about them.

“I always align my diary with that of the President, all the time, and as long as I’m aware of that function, I align accordingly. Sometimes if I’m not aware, I’m unable to align because I also have my programme,” Gachagua said.

“We have a WhatsApp group diary for the President where I’m there; my Chief of Staff is there, and all his issues are there, so we align. About a week ago, we were removed from that diary, so we are not able to follow exactly what is going on, we are unable to align.”

Gachagua alleged mischief from the people who removed him from the President’s diary in a bid to paint him as having absconded his duties.

He said some of them have ben deliberately trying to get him late for events for it to appear that he is disrespecting the President.

“Sometimes they want me to get late so that it appears disrespectful. I want to ask the people who work around the presidency not to create conflict between the President and me.”