{"id":21055,"date":"2021-01-18T19:07:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=21055"},"modified":"2021-01-18T19:07:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:07:30","slug":"kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation","title":{"rendered":"Kalonzo labels Ruto chief land grabber as he fights off accusation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has labelled Deputy President William Ruto as chief land grabber as he fought off claims of illegally acquiring Yatta land belong to the National Youth Service.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Nairobi today, Kalonzo linked the DP to major land grabbing scandals, including the illegal possession of 100 acres belonging to the late Adrian Muteshi to the Weston Hotel saga.<\/p>\n<p>In a no-holds-barred response to Ruto\u2019s claims that the former vice president only known legacy in government was the grabbing of 200 acres of NYS land in Yatta, Kalonzo demanded that the DP be subjected to a lifestyle audit to investigate how he acquired tracts of land in various parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He termed the claims by Ruto as wild and desperate propaganda, describing himself as a person of high moral and ethical standards.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the investigative agencies probe and settle the recurrent matter. It is not the first time Kalonzo was under criticism on how he acquired the parcel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am today presenting myself for thorough investigation by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations as well as the Anti-Corruption Commission. I want the matter settled once and for all,\u201d said Kalonzo.<\/p>\n<p>He went on, \u201cIn the same vein, I challenge DP Ruto, alias \u201cArap Mashamba\u201d well known for his unbridled greed for both public and private land, to offer himself for investigations concerning various claims of corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tiff between the two politicians was triggered by claims by Kalonzo that Ruto populated his 50 per cent share in Jubilee administration with the Kalenjin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho doesn\u2019t know that Uhuru got 50 per cent of the government and Ruto 50 per cent, to the exclusion of everybody else. At least, Uhuru took his 50 per cent as a national leader and gave out some slots to other communities,\u201d said Kalonzo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what did his counterpart (Ruto) do? Look at the structure and you will be amazed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>But Ruto hit back, claiming that despite Kalonzo serving as Cabinet Minister in various dockets and as vice president, the only legacy to his name was the alleged grabbing of the Yatta land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has labelled Deputy President William Ruto as chief land grabber as he fought off claims of illegally acquiring Yatta land belong to the National Youth Service. Speaking in Nairobi today, Kalonzo linked the DP to major land grabbing scandals, including the illegal possession of 100 acres belonging to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":21056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[655,749],"class_list":["post-21055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-kalonzo-musyoka","tag-wiper-party"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kalonzo labels Ruto chief land grabber as he fights off accusation - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has labelled Deputy President William Ruto as chief land grabber as he fought off claims of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kalonzo labels Ruto chief land grabber as he fights off accusation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has labelled Deputy President William Ruto as chief land grabber as he fought off claims of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-18T19:07:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kalonzo_labels_ruto_600572d6778a2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kalonzo labels Ruto chief land grabber as he fights off accusation\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-18T19:07:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation\"},\"wordCount\":362,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/kalonzo_labels_ruto_600572d6778a2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kalonzo Musyoka\",\"Wiper Party\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/kalonzo-labels-ruto-chief-land-grabber-as-he-fights-off-accusation\",\"name\":\"Kalonzo labels Ruto chief land grabber as he fights off accusation - 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