Opposition Chief Raila Odinga has been told to prepare to
disclose how he acquired property worth billions of shillings in Kisumu County.
Sports and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has
claimed that the former premier owns a Sh1 billion house at the lakeside city
which he must account for. “Mr Odinga is my neighbour in Kisumu and must be
ready to tell Kenyans how he managed to put up the house when he was still
serving as Prime minister in the coalition government that was led by retired
President Mwai Kibaki,” argued Mr Echesa. Speaking at a funeral in Malava
sub-county, Echesa said all Kenyans must be subjected to a lifestyle audit and
the ODM leader is no exception. “We have heard people pointing out others names
saying so and so owns an expensive house, a helicopter and fleet of cars, even
him (Raila) must brace for the lifestyle audit.”
Echesa, a close ally of Deputy President William Ruto argued
that Raila’s salary was Sh1.2 then “and even his mortgage allowances were not
much, how he managed to put such a big house remain a riddle,” said the CS. The
CS said he was not worried about the lifestyle audit and commented President
Uhuru Kenyatta for demanding that all civil servants undergo the audit. But the
demand by the head of state that civil servants must undergo the lifestyle
audit has continued to elicit mixed reactions in the government. A section of
leaders in the ruling Jubilee have dismissed is as a calculated move meant to
scuttle Ruto’s 2022 presidential bid prospects.
Speaking during an interview on a local television station
on Sunday night, Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen claimed that Mr
Ruto was targeted by a clique of politicians hell bent to frustrate him (DP)
politically. “Even we in Jubilee don’t know anything about the planned audit,
there is no legal framework in place stipulating how that will be done, it is
not right to target one individual in the war against corruption,” he said. He
however dismissed claims that there was bad blood between Mr Ruto and the head
of state. Reacting on the raging contraband sugar importation saga, Echesa
disclosed that a top manager from a local sugar firm and a local politician
linked could be arrested and detained in connection with the scam. “Very soon
they will be put behind bars, the state will not care about the position one
holds in the society, we shall have all those involved in the sugar importation
scam arrested and arraigned.” Senate speaker Kenneth Lusaka and Lurambi MP
Titus Khamala demanded for the arrest and prosecution of Tejveer Rai of West
Kenya sugar company. “Those behind the contraband sugar haul must be put behind
bars, however, we don’t want the factory to shut down since many people depend
on the company directly and indirectly,” said Khamala. ALSO Lusaka urged
politicians from Western to unite and address the problems facing sugarcane
farmers together. “This is the time to come together is solidarity and fight
for the farmers, let us not just shout about need to unite during political
season,” he said. He said already a senate committee on agriculture has taken
up the matter to establish how too much ‘bad’ sugar was shipped into the
country at the expense of Kenyans.
pposition Chief Raila
Odinga has been told to prepare to disclose how he acquired property
worth billions of shillings in Kisumu County.
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Sports and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has claimed that the
former premier owns a Sh1 billion house at the lakeside city which he
must account for.
“Mr Odinga is my neighbour in Kisumu and must be ready to tell Kenyans
how he managed to put up the house when he was still serving as Prime
minister in the coalition government that was led by retired President
Mwai Kibaki,” argued Mr Echesa.
Speaking at a funeral in Malava sub-county, Echesa said all Kenyans must
be subjected to a lifestyle audit and the ODM leader is no exception.
“We have heard people pointing out others names saying s
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Opposition Chief Raila
Odinga has been told to prepare to disclose how he acquired property
worth billions of shillings in Kisumu County.
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Opposition Chief Raila
Odinga has been told to prepare to disclose how he acquired property
worth billions of shillings in Kisumu County.
Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001285422/raila-told-to-account-for-property-he-owns-in-kisumu
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Raila told to account for property he owns in Kisumu
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