Deputy President William Ruto has strongly defended Governor Ferdinand Waititu from bruising attacks since a senate committee spotted unusual budgetary allocations for Kiambu County.
As ealier reported by TUKO.co.ke, Waititu was put on spot for allocating millions of shillings for State House functions, South Sudan peace mission and retirement benefits for former presidents.
According to Ruto, the hard questions directed to Babayao were uncalled for adding that the governor was only answerable to matters pertaining Kiambu and not any other place.
"Babayao is the governor of Kiambu. In his county's budget, there is nothing like State House, South Sudan peace mission and retired president's benefits. Waititu should only be tasked with answering matters of Kiambu County.
The others are not in his docket. They should be left for us in the national government who will handle it from Nairobi. I was very surprised that some one asked Babayao of such matters. He is only a Kiambu County boss. How is he supposed to know such things," said Ruto.
The DP remarked on Sunday, May 5, at All Saints Catholic Church Komothai Parish, Githunguri, Kiambu County.
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Besides the KSh 902 million budget allocation for coordination of State House functions, Waititu's administration was accused of allocating KSh 591 million for State corporations advisory service.
An other KSh 58 million was earmarked for Kenya-South Sudan peace process.
The allocations were brought to the fore by Auditor General's report tabled before Senate's Public Accounts and Investment Committee on Thursday, May 2.
They have caused political temperatures to rise sharply in the devolved unit with many people demanding that Waititu sheds light on the report.
Kiambu deputy governor James Nyoro and a team of about 10 MCA's have since challenged the county boss to come clean on the matter.
“Waititu’s claim he is not aware of how the (State House) allocations found their way into the (Kiambu county) documents are untrue. He ought to have gone through the documents before signing them,” Nyoro told journalists at a press conference he held on Saturday, May 4, at Boulevard Hotel, Nairobi.
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