Inside The Other Side Of Politics

Since the just concluded election on August 9,that had President William Ruto and his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua declared winners, Deputy President has made headlines with his not ending controversies from his dressing code to his life style to his not so good speech by then that had him on the top of Kenyans internet lists.

Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua, Kenya's deputy president, is currently the most popular local personality on Google this year.

Before then, not so many of us knew him and so it came as a shock that he is now constituted as the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya.

After he was introduced as William Ruto's running mate on May 15, Kenyans went online and even gave him the nickname "Riggy G," thinking he was the most intriguing guy there.

However, during the month of the General Election, particularly between August 14 and 20, Gachagua's interest in the search engine reached an all-time high, according to data given by Google at the time.

Who is Rigathi Gachagua and Rigathi Gachagua's father were the two most popular queries concerning him, according to Google.

Martha Karua, the vice presidential candidate for the Azimio La Umoja alliance, led the NARC Kenya party after him.

Her popularity on the platform spiked shortly after she was announced by Raila Odinga as his running mate on May 16, and although traffic about her was high during the polls, it never reached the May numbers.

Martha Karua, the vice presidential candidate for the Azimio La Umoja alliance, led the NARC Kenya party after him.

These are Kenya's top 10 locally popular trending personalities for 2022:

Rigathi Gachagua is one,

Martha Karua appears the second,

The third is George Wajackoyah,

Johnson Sakaja is the fourth,

Kalonzo Musyoka, the fith,

Ezekiel Machogu as the sixth,

The seventh is Juliana Cherera,

Wafula Chebukati as the eighth,

Sabina Chege ninth,

Ferdinand Omanyala as the tenth.