Besieged Cabinet Secretary, Ann Waiguru, took to twitter to try and explain her innocence. The devolution CS sees recent reports in mainstream media, about corruption in her ministry, as calculated attempts to tarnish her name unfairly.
Here is a copy of the statement she sent via twitter.
Why all these
personal attacks
against me?
personal attacks
against me?
The last three
months have
witnessed incessant
media attacks on my
character on the
issue of corruption in
the Ministry of
Devolution and its
agencies including
the NYS. What is
shocking is the
deliberate refusal to
recognize my role as
CS and that of
officers who are
either accounting
officers or AIE
holders in Govt
Depts. Both by law
and in practice, I do
not procure. I do not
purchase anything
for the ministry. I
don't sign or
negotiate contracts.
Where instances of
possible malpractice
has been brought to
my attention I have
called in
investigative
authorities. At no
point has any
investigation either
by EACC, CID or any
other body pointed
to my personal
engagement with
corrupt deals. Yet the
vicious unwarranted
attacks continue. It's
amazing that
whereas there are
similar and more
serious allegations
of misuse of funds in
many government
departments there is
never the
personalized level of
attack on CSs that
has been directed at
me. Surely this is no
longer about the
fight against
corruption. It's
calculated evil,
vindictive and ill
intentioned. It's an
unfortunate
distraction from the
work the Ministry
has been doing in
the last two years. I
will continue to serve
my country diligently
as I have always
done for as long as I
am given the trust to
do so. And for the
record I have no
such TV screen or
piano in my office.
God bless Kenya.
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