Rigathi Gachagua, Kenya’s Deputy President is an alumnus of the University of Nairobi. Hon. Gachagua studied Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Literature from 1985- 1988. He graduated in 1988.

While at the University, Hon. Gachagua was the leader of Nyeri District University Students Association (Ndusa) as well as the chairman of The Association of Literature Students.

He is married to Dorcas Wanjiku Rigathi, who is a pastor based in Mathira. The couple met at a visit by then the late President Daniel Arap Moi to the University of Nairobi.