Former CS Rotich blames Uhuru for his woes in the Arror and Kimwarer dams scandal
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Former National Treasury CS Henry Rotich blames retired President Uhuru Kenyatta for the woes he faced over the Arror and Kimwarer dams project
Former National Treasury CS Henry Rotich blames retired President Uhuru Kenyatta for the woes he faced over the Arror and Kimwarer dams project.
While pointing fingers at Uhuru Kenyatta, the former CS maintained that no money was in the project.
The former treasury CS said the two projects should be revived for the benefit of Kenyans.
“There was some choreographed intention here. The turn of events could give you an indication but it did not occur to me at first that the charges were politically instigated,” he said.
“The matter was sort of politicized later, giving me an indication that there was extraneous consideration to charge me.”
Speaking to KTN News, Rotich sought to assure Kenyans that no money was lost in the project.
“I was the CS. I want to tell Kenyans that you cannot lose Sh63 billion What was expended was only the advance payment to the contractor an amount of Sh7.5 billion, Sh3.4 billion for Kimwarer, and Sh4.1 billion for Arror,” he explained.
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Rotich said he did not know the majority of the people who testified at the court.
“I did not know the majority of the witnesses. Some of them were from the Kerio Valley Development Authority and I had never met or associated with them. I never knew where they lived,” he said.
Rotich statement comes after his acquittal in the Sh63 billion Arror and Kimwarer dams scandal.
Magistrate Eunice Nyutu said there was no evidence tabled in court to show that the former CS and eight others failed to follow procurement laws in the Sh63 billion Arror and Kimwarer dams case.
Nyutu blamed the prosecution for leading 8 witnesses only out of the 49 witnesses they had intended to call.
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