Outspoken politician Francis Gaitho has shifted blame onto the family of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta for the floods that rendered a section of Thika Super Highway impassable on Wednesday morning.
Motorists and pedestrians found themselves stranded for a significant part of Wednesday morning as floodwaters completely submerged a section between Kahawa Sukari Bridge and Kenyatta University on both sides of the road.
Gaitho, who was an aspirant for the Thika Town MP position, asserted that the ongoing developments at the Kenyattas' Sh500 billion Northlands City were obstructing the natural flow of water downstream. This, he claimed, was responsible for the flooding experienced in the neighboring KU and Kahawa Estates areas.
"Thika Super Highway is submerged at Kahawa Sukari near KU. KeNHA engineers say that developments in Northlands Estate owned by the Kenyatta family, is blocking the flow of water downstream," he posted on X.
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THE RETARDED KENYATTAS:
— Francis Gaitho (@FGaitho237) May 1, 2024
On the right is a flooded section of Kahawa Sukari. But the entirety of Northlands (Sukari Ranch) is untouched by the floods.
Infact a new development (shaded in red) could be blocking water from flowing into the vast parcel of land, stolen from… pic.twitter.com/T4idqd4J8Q
"Meanwhile Uhuru Kenyatta is in the USA eating life with a big spoon using stolen taxpayers money that he primitively-accumulated during his catastrophic and demonic tenure as president," Gaitho added.
Gaitho criticized President William Ruto, blaming him for not fixing the country's economy, which he claimed was damaged during Uhuru Kenyatta's administration.
"His successor William Ruto is even worse. 20 months in office with not a single project launched. All major roads agencies haven’t issued fresh tenders or paid pending bills," he said.
"Together with his deputy Rigathi Gachagua, they just meet and meet and meet. They’re professional meet(ers). Other than meetings in big tents, they have nothing else to show," Gaitho said.
The continuous heavy rains, beginning in March, have wreaked havoc across the country, submerging villages and posing a looming threat of further destruction in the upcoming weeks.
On Tuesday, Ruto took action by deploying the military to evacuate residents from flood-prone areas, aiming to prevent additional fatalities beyond the already tragic toll of 171 lives claimed by the torrential downpours.
