Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui has launched a scathing attack on former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader called for United States intervention to investigate Kenya’s leadership over alleged links to funds associated with the Minnesota fraud case.
Taking to his official social media accounts on Monday, January 5, 2026, Kinyanjui accused Gachagua of recklessness and poor judgement, warning that dragging foreign governments into Kenya’s internal political disputes could have far-reaching and potentially disastrous consequences for the country.
“The DCP leader has been quoted requesting the intervention of the USA to investigate Kenya’s leadership over allegations of sponsorship through funds linked to the Minnesota fraud case. Never mind, it’s on the very party he was the running mate,” Kinyanjui stated.
“While the province of investigations does not belong to me, the sheer lack of wisdom in failing to distinguish between political differences and matters of grave international significance is alarming.”
Kinyanjui further questioned the motivation behind Gachagua’s reported appeal to the US, noting the irony that the allegations touch on a political formation Gachagua was once closely associated with as a running mate.
He argued that seeking external intervention was less about accountability and more about settling personal political scores.
“How can a leader seek to throw his own country into the deep end merely to score personal revenge? This brand of politics is retrogressive and dangerous. It reflects raw greed and naivety in handling matters that could have potentially catastrophic consequences,” he warned.
“To such people we say: A child can play with its mother’s breast, but not its father’s testicles.”
