Gachagua faults Coast leaders for their failure to speak out against drug abuse
Speaking at the opening of the Coast region alcohol and drug abuse conference at the Mombasa ASK grounds, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has faulted political leaders from the Coast for their failure to speak out against drug abuse.
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00:00 This is the worst situation in the country.
00:06 And I want to ask our leaders from the coasts, they are quiet.
00:14 Why are they quiet?
00:16 But any of you who goes to a leukemia, much as the police will deal with this problem,
00:23 much as the administration will deal with this problem, this is a problem affecting
00:29 the people that you lead.
00:32 And in my view, this concern should not be coming from me or CS Interior or from the
00:40 Regional Commission.
00:41 Are they scared of the drug barons?
00:43 Are they scared?
00:44 These are elected leaders.
00:45 Most of them are elected leaders.
00:46 Why are they afraid to talk?
01:03 Or could it be some of these drug barons who helped them find the drugs?
01:11 This is a question we are asking.
01:13 Because why are people quiet?
01:15 The children are dying.
01:17 They are zombies.
01:18 There is a serious crisis on the coast.
01:22 The leadership is quiet.
01:24 I have heard at least Moha, the one who is in charge of the drug barons.
01:32 And Captain Reda.
01:33 I have heard them speak.
01:36 That I want to confirm.
01:39 But leaders are quiet.
01:41 Why are leaders in the coast quiet as our young population is being killed and destroyed
01:49 by drugs?
01:52 Why are some not here?
01:54 This is a very important conference to discuss the very existence of our population in this
02:00 region.
02:02 This is a conversation that every elected leader should be part of because it's a serious
02:08 problem.
02:09 So that is a question I want to pose to our elected leaders.
02:13 We want to hear you more.
02:17 Because leaders are very important.
02:20 Because they represent the people.
02:22 Unless the leaders are telling us there is no problem.
02:25 If there is no problem, why are the leaders quiet?
02:48 Why?
02:49 It is very worrisome.
02:54 And we are concerned as a government.
02:57 Why?
02:58 The rest of the country, the leaders are happy in the mums.
03:01 We were there, every single one of them was there.
03:05 They were all saying, "We want to do this, we want to do that.
03:09 There is a problem here, there is a problem there."
03:12 Those people are the ones who are calling us.
03:15 Saying, "Don't go anywhere."
03:17 They are the ones who are leading these people.
03:20 Someone call them.
03:21 "The police station has been destroyed."
03:23 Other than Moha and Captain Reda, nobody has called us to say, "There is a problem here."
03:32 I want to be very cardious.
03:39 I am not afraid of the drug dealers, I am not afraid of my professor, I am not afraid of the IG.
03:54 We don't hear you.
03:55 Why don't you help us in oversighting our security agencies and tell us where there is a gap?
04:01 How will we know where there is a gap?
04:09 Tell us.
04:10 The way we have been accepting the government offices here, how will it work?
04:15 Will the problem be solved or will it be closed?
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