Ruto spends Ksh46 Million taxpayer’s money on refreshments, Report
Ruto spends Ksh46 Million taxpayer’s money on refreshments and catering services in the fiscal year, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.
Deputy President William Ruto’s office is on spot after spending Ksh46 Million, part of the Ksh575,963,916 budget on refreshments and catering services.
In his statement issued by Junet Mohamed, Ruto spent Ksh23,967,500 for the fiscal year 2022/2023, and the same was replicated for the fiscal year 2021/2022, where a total sum of Ksh23,967,500 out of the Ksh562,409,292 approved budget was spent on hospitality services.
Junet faulted DP Ruto for intentionally misusing public funds in his presidential campaigns, arguing that the expenditure was in contravention of the constitution.
He argued that the DP is still a civil servant and that he should not use public resources in his campaigns, calling on the IEBC to take action against him.
“The use of state resources confers on the Deputy President undue advantage over his competitors and must be put to a stop immediately.
“The Deputy President has, with impunity, continued to host delegations of UDA supporters in the official residence of the Deputy President,” the statement read.
The Suna East MP also complained that DP Ruto was also getting the services of civil servants who are public officers to campaign for him in mainstream and social media outlets.
Among those he singled out are DP Ruto’s Chief of Staff Davis Chirchir, Director of Communication Emmanuel Talam, Legal Advisor Korir Sing’Oei, Communication Secretaries David Mugonyi, and Munyori Buku.
“The active involvement in campaigning by officers who draw their salaries and allowances from the taxpayers and more so to spread hate and vitriol against other candidates is unacceptable and expressly forbidden by section 23 (2) of the Leadership and Integrity Act.
“With such unprecedented impunity, it is almost certain that the entire allocation of close to Ksh150,000,000, constituting both salaries and allowances, is used to pay the Deputy President’s campaign staff and not public officers,” Junet stated.
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