\u00a0(above)\u00a0<\/strong>argues that there are enough indications that the Office of the Deputy President may have participated massively in defrauding the Poland-based Arms Dealer Company.<\/p>\nHe notes: \u201cThe Head of State, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, should give directives with immediate effect for his deputy William Ruto to be summoned concerning the multibillion shillings fake tender deal\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President should issue orders for Ruto to provide statements before the commencement of thorough investigations so as to seal any loophole on the matter since nothing good will come out if Ruto is not meant to provide statements on the same.\u201dBesides this is a claim by the former legislator that the Sh39 billion fake arms tender was meant to generate money to fund parallel Building Bridges Initiative meetings organised by the pro-Ruto Tanga Tanga faction.<\/p>\n
He alleged that the funds would also be used to fund DP Ruto\u2019s presidential campaigns.\u201cThe President should therefore ban all parallel BBI meetings and ensure only one BBI forum with government projects exist so as to avoid exposing Kenyans to hatred and meaningless propaganda which in turn compromises national peace and unity,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
Njoroge has gone ahead to urge President Uhuru to make an audacious step by leading DP Ruto\u2019s impeachment. According to him, the office of the DP has failed the integrity test and has left many Kenyans wondering whether it is meant to offer leadership public service or orchestrating corrupt dealings.\u201c\u2026the president should establish a commission of inquiry which includes the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the Ethics and Anticorruption Commission, the Office of the Attorney General and representatives from civil societies to thoroughly investigate and audit Ruto\u2019s sources of funds and the beneficiaries and the results should be made public and be arraigned if found guilty.<\/p>\n
\u201dThis is after the former CS Rashid Echesa was accused of using The DP\u2019s office to sign fake arms deal in which the Poland-based company accused him of fleecing it Sh11.5 million in \u2018consultancy fees.\u2019The company claimed the former CS had promised to use his influence to help them secure the multi-billion-shilling security tender.<\/p>\n
africa-press on Sunday reported that the detectives on Friday raided the Harambee House Annex in a bid to obtain crucial leads.In the raid, said to have been secretive, the detectives checked into the building, which houses Deputy President William Ruto, to view the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage for the period of interest to them.<\/p>\n
DP Ruto answers<\/strong><\/p>\nYesterday, DP Ruto commented on the issue blaming it on his political opponents. Ruto said the move is spearheaded by his enemies out to paint him negatively.\u201cGo for the fraudsters. Leave me to serve the nation,\u201d he tweeted in reaction to the Saturday Standard story naming his office as the centre of the alleged fraud.\u201cThe desperation of my political competitors on their choreographed smear campaign against WSR is evident even for fools (whom we have a shortage for) to see. Just wait and see where this will end up.<\/p>\n
Washindwe!\u201d he wrote.On Sunday morning, he stated again on twitter that his office does not procure anything for the state and therefore there was no way that it would be involved in striking fictitious tender.\u00a0He said: \u201cODP does not procure for any ministry\/department. Question: other than 23min in Annex, for months, which government offices involved in the ‘tender’ did the scammers visit? Did they access DOD? Who facilitated? Who did they meet? Get the truth. Forget the sponsored nonsense in media.\u201dEchesa is set to appear in court tomorrow after spending the weekend in police custody.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the former Sports CS denied forgery charges on the fraudulent arms deal before the JKIA Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina.His defence lawyers had denied documents related to the Sh39 billion case were recovered in his car. The prosecution requested the court to grant his detention for 21 days to allow the investigators to travel to the US to ascertain the authenticity of the documents. However, his lawyers opposed the move saying that their client did not warrant detention.<\/p>\n
He was arrested alongside Daniel Otieno Omondi, Kennedy Oyoo Mboya, and Clifford Okoth.He was arrested on Thursday by the Special Service Unit on road in Nairobi, handcuffed him and drove him to the DCI headquarters for grilling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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