How Uhuru gov’t officials stole 16B days before Ruto stepped into power- DP Gachagua.
The second in command, Rigathi Gachagua, has narrated how uhuru gov’t officials stole money from the government, days before they took over.
Speaking at Friday evening at a hotel in Nairobi where he attended a meeting with professionals from Tetu, Nyeri County, the dp stated that the money was packed in cartons and flown by a chopper to specific people’s homes.
He highlighted that, during the Presidential election petition, ksh. 10 billion was stolen and Ksh.6 billion just two days before the August 9th election.
He stated,”Two days before the elections, they stole Ksh.6 billion and pretended to sell some shares from Telkom. When there was a case before the Supreme Court, they stole another Ksh.10 billion purportedly to pay some contractors.”
“Money was being brought in cartons at Wilson Airport and flown in choppers to people’s homes. And these are the people now unaskia wanaambiwa kuja andika statement kidogo, anaingia ndege anatoroka. And these people, who are thieves, were calling others thieves. They ripped this country…. They took everything,” he added.
He further blamed the former president, for allowing this to happen since it has affected the not so promising economy of Kenya.
He stated,” I said during my inauguration about the country we inherited… some people thought I was being mischievous. We inherited a dilapidated country, the coffers were empty, the stores were empty, not even rats were there because there was nothing to eat.”
“We have started building this country from scratch. All the good work that President Mwai Kibaki did in 10 years was totally destroyed. All the good work Kibaki did of building a strong economy, of having thriving businesses, of allowing people to trade freely, of making sure there is money circulating in the economy, all of it was destroyed especially during the handshake era,” he added.
He also pointed out that borrowing from high interest local banks, also contributed to the country’s current state.
He however, affirmed that the president has brought some things back to normalcy.
He stated,”Domestic borrowing to commercial banks charged high rates because the borrowers were owners of the same banks and couldn’t negotiate interest to be charged. Domestic borrowing has been stopped with immediate effect to enable the country to recover.”
” I want to give you hope. Before we came into power we were blacklisted by international lenders but now everything is okay for we have been given a thumbs up, “ he added.
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