Deputy President Rigathi Gachaua is a happy man, his fight against alcoholism is bearing fruits.
Since he was elected in 2022, Gachagua has been leading campaigns against illicit brews in the larger Mount Kenya region where it is described that some men had abandoned their wives.
For this reason, women in some areas in the region were said to have been complaining of being lonely and not conceiving.
But speaking on Thursday, the DP highlighted the benefits of the anti-drug campaign, linking it to increased pregnancies among resident women.
Gachagua said he noticed the pregnancies when he hosted area residents at his Mathira home on Boxing Day.
“Juzi nimeita wazazi hapa, wakuje wachukue unga, mafuta…Walijaa hapa watu karibu 10, 000. Nikasema tupige laini ya kina mama ambao wako na watoto wadogo. Watoto walikuwa wanalia…Nilifurahi sana,” said Gachagua.
“Haya, nikasema tena wale ambao wanangojea (akimaanisha wenye mimba) wapige laini, ingine hata mrefu zaidi. Najivunia sana; ya kwamba jamii yetu imerudi. Tuna watoto ambao wanazaliwa. Tuna wanawake wajawazito, ambao wanatarajiwa kujifungua hivi karibuni ili jamii yetu iendelee kukua.”
