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Raila wonders where Ruto gets strength to talk about corruption

by Amos Khaemba
Raila Odinga has castigated Deputy President William Ruto saying his academic qualification cannot permit him to digitize the economy.

The ODM leader Raila Odinga has blasted William Ruto, wondering where the second in command gets the strength to condemn corruption in the country.

The former prime minister castigated the deputy president saying he lacks the moral authority to talk about rampant corruption in the Jubilee administration.

Speaking in Bungoma County on Friday, March 4, Raila accused the DP of hypocrisy for attacking the government over graft yet he was the same person perpetuating theft of public resources.

“When they have stolen money from our public offers, they stash them in gunny bags then crisscross the country telling youths that they want to do fundraisers for them…  

“When he (Ruto) says in United States of America that public resources are being stolen, who is stealing them? He is behaving like a thief who is being chased while pointing at another person.” The ODM leader said.

Deputy President William Ruto on March 3 had sensationally claimed that President Uhuru’s administration is so corrupt, saying it cannot be trusted to fight corruption.

“The other issue is budgeted corruption. Today you have close to KSh 100 billion budgeted every year that has no oversight and in opaque institutions. That amount has grown between four and fivefold in the last ten years,” Ruto said.

According to the deputy president, President Uhuru has been allocating billions to institutions whose operations are shrouded in secrecy, hence aiding corruption.

“When you have accountability problems, where you have oversight challenges, the more money you put in opaque institutions the greater the corruption,” Ruto stated.

The deputy president further told a US-based think tank that the war on corruption in Kenya is subjective and merely a political tool.

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