{"id":6488,"date":"2026-10-02T08:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=6488"},"modified":"2026-10-02T08:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:51:05","slug":"gachagua-accuses-ruto-government-of-over-taxing-kenyans-and-entrenching-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=6488","title":{"rendered":"Gachagua Accuses Ruto Government of Over-Taxing Kenyans and Entrenching Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Gachagua Accuses Ruto Government of Over-Taxing Kenyans and Entrenching Corruption<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<pre><strong>By Jeff Kizzilah Digital Editor <\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6489\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-8-300x206.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-8-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-8.jpeg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua has renewed his criticism of President William Ruto\u2019s administration, accusing the government of imposing a heavy tax burden on Kenyans while failing to adequately address corruption.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking during his ongoing engagements with Kenyans in the United States, Gachagua said his political camp has a plan to tackle corruption and improve management of public resources. He accused the Ruto administration of allowing corruption to become entrenched in government.<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua has also criticised the government\u2019s taxation policies and previously pledged reforms aimed at creating what he described as a fairer taxation environment, including addressing concerns over double taxation affecting Kenyans in the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>He has further argued that corruption and poor management of public resources are discouraging investment and limiting economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>His latest remarks come as he continues his US diaspora tour ahead of the 2027 General Election, with his Boston engagement following stops in Spokane, Portland, Kansas City and Dallas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gachagua Accuses Ruto Government of Over-Taxing Kenyans and Entrenching Corruption By Jeff Kizzilah Digital Editor DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua has renewed his criticism of President&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-updates","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6490,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6488\/revisions\/6490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}